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EECS 3213:   Communication Networks
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Fall 2016
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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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    Lecture Schedule:                     TR 11:30 - 13:00 (CB 115)
    Instructor:                                   Natalija Vlajic  
    Instructor's Office Hours:           TR 14:00 - 15:00 (LAS 2047)
    TA:                                               Pooria Madani  (madani@cse ...)

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   Course News:
  • Dec 25:   Final exam solutions are available here.
  • Dec 25:   Final exam, Lab 1, Lab 2 grades, as well as preliminary final grades are now available through ePost. For 'OverallScore' to 'FinalGrade' conversion scheme, check: YorkU Grades and Grading Schemes.
  • Dec 02:  The final exam, scheduled for Sunday, Dec 11 (2pm, TEL 0016), will be closed book and closed notes. Basic calculators and one-sided cheat-sheet will be allowed. 30% of the questions will be related to the material covered before and 70% to the material covered after the midterm. A sample of an earlier final exam is provided here.
  • Nov 23:  Quiz 2 grades are now available through ePost. Quiz 2 solutions are provided here.
  • Nov 22:  Teaching and course evaluations are scheduled for Thursday, Nov 24, in class. Please bring your on device to be able to fill out the forms electronically/online.
  • Nov 22:  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 Nov 29 and Thursday Dec 1, 16:00 - 19:00. 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/blog. Copies of the software are also available on the machines in LAS 2007.
  • Nov 22:   Lab 2 is posted now. Due date Dec 6 - bring to LAS 3017 between 10:00 - 12:00 (or, alternatively, slide under the door).
  • Nov 15:  IMPORTANT!  Quiz 2 will take place on Tuesday Nov 17, at the beginning of the lecture (first 20 min). PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME!!! The quiz will cover all the material discussed in class from after the midterm till (and including) the lecture of Nov 15. A sample of an earlier Quiz can be found here.
  • Nov 3:  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 Nov 8 and Tuesday Nov 15, 16:00 - 19:00. 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/blog. Copies of the software are also available on the machines in LAS 2007.
  • Nov 3:   Lab 1 is posted now. Due date Nov 17 (in class).
  • Oct 25:  Midterm grades are now available through ePost. Midterm solutions are provided here.
  • Oct 13:  Midterm exam, scheduled for October 20, will be closed book and closed notes. (Basic) calculators and one-sided cheat-sheet containing formulas only! will be allowed. The exam will cover all the material discussed in class prior and including the lecture of October 13. A sample of an earlier midterm is provided here.
  • Oct 13:  Quiz 1 grades are now available through ePost. Quiz 1 solutions are provided here.
  • Oct 13:  Tuesday, Oct 18, class is cancelled.
  • Sep 29:  IMPORTANT!  Quiz 1 will take place on Tuesday Oct 4, at the beginning of the lecture (first 20 min). PLEASE ARRIVE ON TIME!!! The quiz will cover all the material discussed in class until and including Sep 29 lecture. A sample of an earlier Quiz can be found here.
  • Sep 8:   Classes begin.






     Course Information:
     Textbook and Recommended Reading Material
     Grading Scheme
     Course Description
     Prerequisite
     Course Schedule (Topics, Notes, Required Reading, Assignments)

     Lab/Software Information:   Riverbed Modeler (Academic Edition)

     Course Policies:
     Missed Midterm and Quizzes
     Academic Honesty


Course Schedule
Week
 Date
 Topic
 Required Reading
 Important dates
1
 R, Sep 8
 Introductory Class


T, Sep 13
 History of Communications
 Forouzan Ch. 1
Garcia 1.1 and 1.2
2
 R, Sep 15
 Packet Switching - part 1
 ...

T, Sep 20
 Packet Switching - part 2
Layered Architecture - part 1
 Forouzan Ch. 2
Garcia 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
3
 R, Sep 22
 Layered Architecture - part 2 ...

T, Sep 27
 Layered Architecture - part 3 ...
4
 R, Sep 29
 Layered Architecture - part 4
Analog Digital Signals - part 1
 Forouzan 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
Garcia 3.1, 3.2

T, Oct 04
 Quiz 1
Analog Digital Signals - part 2
 ...
5
 R, Oct 06
 Analog Digital Signals - part 3
Digital Signals - additional explanation
 ...

T, Oct 11
 Analog Digital Transmission - part 1 Forouzan 3.4, 3.5, 3.6
Garcia 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
6
 R, Oct 13
 Analog Digital Transmission - part 2 ...

T, Oct 18
 no lecture

7
 R, Oct 20
 Midterm


T, Oct 25
 Line Coding Forouzan 4.1
Garcia 3.6

R, Oct 27
 fall reading days

8
 T, Nov 01
  PCM
 Forouzan 4.2
Garcia 3.3.2, 3.3.3

R, Nov 03
 Digital to Analog Modulation
 Forouzan 5.1
Garcia 3.7 		Lab 1
9
 T, Nov 8
 Error Control - part 1 Forouzan 10.1, 10.2
Garcia 3.9.1, 3.9.2, 3.9.3

R, Nov 10
 Error Control - part 2
 Forouzan 10.3
Garcia 3.9.4 		Nov 11 - last date to drop courses
10
 T, Nov 15
 Multiple Access Control - part 1
 Forouzan 12.1.1
Garcia 6.1, 6.2.1, 6.2.2

R, Nov 17
 Quiz 2
Multiple Access Control - part 2 		Forouzan 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.4
Garcia 6.2.3, 6.2.4 		Lab 2
11
 T, Nov 22
 Scheduled Access - part 1 Forouzan 12.2, 12.3
Garcia 6.3, 6.4.1, 6.4.2 		 

R, Nov 24
 Scheduled Access - part 2 ...
12
 T, Nov 29



R, Dec 01
 LAN Protocols
Connecting LANs
 Forouzan 13.1 to 13.5
Garcia 6.7, 6.8
Forouzan 12.2, 12.3
Garcia 6.3, 6.4.1, 6.4.2


Final Exam: Sunday, Dec 11, 14:00 (DB/TEL 0016)





Textbook:
 Recommended Reading Material

Grading Scheme
  Quizzes 2 * 6 = 12%
  Lab reports 2 * 4 = 8 %
  Midterm 35%
  Final 45%


Course Description

The course is an introduction to communications and networking. Topics covered include:  Distinction between information and data, between signal and data, and between analogue and digital data. Transmission media. Time domain and frequency domain. Fundamental limits due to Shannon and Nyquist theorem. Protocol hierarchies; the OSI model. Encoding, error and flow control. Medium access. Ethernet and token passing systems in LANs. Routing of packets in networks. Internetworking.

Prerequisite

 General Prerequisite.

Missed Midterm and Quizzes

Makeups of missed midterm exam or quizzes 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