CSEE W4119 - Computer Networks

Call number 77951

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Professor Dan Rubenstein

Spring 2007

Contact Information
	Dan Rubenstein (Instructor)	Dhruv Chopra (TA)	Kyung-Wook Hwang (TA)
Office	CEPSR 816	CS TA Room	CEPSR 807 (Updated 1/25/07)
Phone	(212) 854-0050	TBD	TBD
e-mail	danr@cs.columbia.edu	dc2378@columbia.edu	kh2210@columbia.edu
Mailbox	Mudd 1312 (EE Office)	TBD	TBD
Office Hours	Tu 9:30-10:30, W 3:00-4:00 (Updated 1/23/07) or by appt.	M 1-3	Th 1-2, Fri 11:00-12:00

Course URL: http://wwww.cs.columbia.edu/~danr/4119
This course has a Discussion Board. Login via Courseworks to access it.
Course meeting time / location: 2:40 - 3:55 on T,Th in Mudd 1024
Pre-Requisites: C or Java programming, course in Algorithms, course in Probability.
Description: Topics: Introduction to computer networks and the technical foundations of the Internet, including applications, protocols, local area networks, algorithms for routing and congestion control, security, elementary performance evaluation. Several programming assignments required.
Info on grading
Required Texts: Note that we will really only be following the textbook loosely, i.e., the course is not contained entirely within the required text.
Required: James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, 3rd ed. Addison-Wesley, 2005, ISBN 0-321-22735-2
Optional: Dimitri Bertsekas and Robert Gallager Data Networks (2nd ed.), Prentice Hall, 1992. ISBN 0-13-200916-1. Significant mathematical treatment (graduate 6000 level - practical stuff a bit out of date).
Optional: Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks } (4th ed.), Prentice Hall, 2003. ISBN 0-13-066102-3. A lot like Kurose/Ross
Optional: Alberto Leon-Garcia and Indra Widjaja, Communication Networks: Fundamental Concepts and Key Architectures, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, 2004. ISBN 0-07-246352X. A bit more mathematical than Kurose-Ross, but less than B&G.
Computing Accounts: You need access to a computer with Berekley Sockets or the Java equivalent.

Handouts and solutions will be available on courseworks	File
Test site for PA #2
Test site for PA #3
Test site for PA #4
Slides from Prof. Misra's guest lectures	[1][2]