EECS 3214
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EECS 3214:  
Computer Network Protocols
and Applications
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  Winter  2016
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Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

   Lecture Schedule:  TR  10:00 - 11:30,  CB 115

   Instructor:   Natalija Vlajic (vlajic@cs.yorku.ca),  Office Hours:  TR  13:00 - 14:00, CSE 2047

   TA:   Pooria Madani  (madani@cse.yorku.ca)

   Course Information:
   Textbook and Recommended Reading Material
   Grading Scheme
   Software Tools
   Course Description
   Prerequisite

   Course Material:
   Course Schedule / Notes
   LAB Manuals

   Course Policies:
   Late Assignments and Missed Midterm
   Academic Honesty




 


      Course News
  • Apr 20:  Final exam grades, and preliminary final grades, are now available through ePost. Final exam solutions can be found here.
  • Apr 14:  Lab 4 grades are now available through ePost.
  • Apr 4:  The final exam will take place on Saturday, April 9 (location: ACW 006). The test is closed book and closed notes. (Basic) calculators and one-sided cheat-sheet containing formulas only are allowed! The exam will cover all material discussed in class. 30% of the questions will be related to the material covered before the midterm, and 70% of the questions to the material covered after the midterm. A compilation of exercise questions/problems can be accessed from here.
  • Mar 31:   Socket Programming Project is now available. Programming project must be submitted by noon of Thursday, April 14, using the EECS department's submit utility. Prior to the submission, place all your programs related to Question1 and Question2 into a directory named Q1 and Q2 respectively. Subsequently, use the following instruction: % submit 3214 JavaProject Q1 (i.e., Q2).
  • Mar 28:  Submission deadline for Lab 4 has been changed/extended to Thursday, March 31, in class.
  • Mar 28:  Lab 3 grades are now available through ePost.
  • Mar 22:  Lab 2 grades are now available through ePost.
  • Mar 15:  Lab 4 is posted now. Due date Mar 29 (in class). As in case of Lab 1, 2 3-hour supervised lab sessions will be offered at the Networking Laboratory (LAS 2007) on Tuesday Mar 15 and Mar 22, 14:00 - 17:00.
  • Mar 1:  Lab 3 is posted now. Due date Mar 15 (in class). As in case of Lab 1, 2 3-hour supervised lab sessions will be offered at the Networking Laboratory (LAS 2007) on Tuesday Mar 1 and Mar 8, 14:00 - 17:00.
  • Mar 1:  Midterm grades are now available through ePost. Midterm solutions can be accessed from here.
  • Jan 25:  Lab 1 grades are now available through ePost.
  • Feb 11:  The midterm exam will take place on Tuesday, Feb 23, in class. The test is closed book and closed notes. Basic calculators and one-sided cheat-sheet containing formulas only are allowed. The exam will cover all material discussed in class prior and including the lecture of Feb 11. A compilation of exercise questions/problems can be accessed from here.
  • Feb 2:   Lab 2 is posted now. Due date Feb 23 (in class). As in case of Lab 1, 2 3-hour supervised lab sessions will be offered at the Networking Laboratory (LAS 2007) on Tuesday Feb 2 and Feb 9, 14:00 - 17:00.
  • Jan 18:   LAB TIMES: To assist students in getting familiar with Riverbed Modeler (simulation software used in Lab1), 2 3-hour supervised lab session will be provided at the Networking Laboratory (LAS 2007) on the following dates and times: Tuesday Jan 19 and Tuesday Jan 26, 14:00 - 17:00. Laboratory attendance is not mandatory, though students are strongly encouraged to join one of the two sessions. Riverbed Modeler is a freeware, and can be downloaded from https://splash.riverbed.com/community/product-lines/steelcentral/university-support-center/. Copies of the software are also available on the machines in LAS 2007.
  • Jan 18:   Lab 1 is posted now. Due date Feb 2 (in class).
  • Jan 07:   Classes begin.
  • Jan 05:   Class cancelled due to instructor's illness.




Course Schedule
Week
 Date
 Topic
 Required Reading
 Lab / Project Dates
1
 T, Jan 5
 class cancelled


R, Jan 7
 Introductory Class

2
 T, Jan 12
 Introductory Class (cont.)
Network Taxonomy
 Kurose 1.1, 1.2, 1.3

R, Jan 14
 Circuit vs. Packet Switching ...
3
 T, Jan 19
 Lab 1 - Overview
Protocol Layering 		Kurose 1.5
 Lab Assignment 1
(due date: Feb 2)

R, Jan 21
 Protocol Layering (cont.) ...
4
 T, Jan 26
 Network Layer: IPv4 Kurose 4.1, 4.3, 4.4.1

R, Jan 28
 Network Layer: IPv4 (cont.) ...
5
 T, Feb 2
 Packet Scheduling
Network Layer: Subnetting
 Kurose 4.4.2
 Lab Assignment 2
(due date: February 23)

R, Feb 4
 Network Layer: Subnetting (cont.)
Network Layer: NAT
 ...
6
 T, Feb 9
 Network Layer: IPv6
 Kurose 4.4.4

R, Feb 11
 Network Layer: IPv6 Addressing
...
Reading Week
7
 T, Feb 23
 Midterm

R, Feb 25
 Network Layer: Unicast Routing Kurose 4.5
8
 T, Mar 1
 Network Layer: Unicast Routing (cont.)
Network Layer: Routing Protocols
 Kurose 4.6
 Lab Assignment 3
(due date: March 15)

R, Mar 3
 Network Layer: Packet Delay
Network Layer: Queueing 		Kurose 1.4
 Mar 4 - last day to drop course
9
 T, Mar 8
 Network Layer: Queueing (cont.)
Network Layer: ARP
Network Layer: ICMP
 Kurose 5.4.1
Kurose 4.4.3
  

R, Mar 10
 Network Layer: ICMP (cont.)
Transport Layer
 Kurose Ch. 3

10
 T, Mar 15
 Transport Layer (cont.) ...
 Lab Assignment 4
(due date: Mar 29)

R, Mar 17
 Guest Lecture:  Eriks Rugelis
(Manager of Network Development, UIT York)
 		...
11
 T, Mar 22
 Transport Layer (cont.)
TCP - Flow Control
 ...


R, Mar 24
 class cancelled ...
  
12
 T, Mar 29
 TCP - Error Control
TCP - Congestion Control
 ...

R, Mar 31
 Socket Programming Kurose 2.7
 Programming Project
(due date: April 14)

Final Exam:   Saturday, April 9, 9:00 - 12:00, ACW 006



Textbooks
 Recommended Reading Material

Grading Scheme

Software Tools

Course Description

The course will cover more advanced topics in networking, concentrating on higher-level protocols, network programming and application, multimedia, and security. It complements and builds upon the material covered in CSE 3213.

Prerequisite

 General Prerequisite.

Late Assignments and Missed Midterm

Late assignments will not be accepted, unless a prior arrangement is made with the instructor.
Makeups of missed midterm exams are only possible in extremely exceptional situations (such as verifiable medical emergencies) or by arrangement well prior to the exam, provided there is an extremely compelling reason.

Academic Honesty

 "The Department takes the matter of academic honesty very seriously. Academic honesty is essentially giving credit where credit is due. And not misrepresenting what you have done and what work you have produced. When a piece of work is submitted by a student it is expected that all unquoted and uncited ideas and text are original to the student. Uncited and unquoted text, diagrams, etc., which are not original to the student, and which the student presents as their own work is considered academically dishonest." For more see:  Department of Computer Science Academic Honesty Guidelines.

LAB Manuals