Engineering 9876 Advanced Data Networks

General Information

Lecture time:Monday and Wednesday 10:00 - 11:15 AM
Lecture room:EN-4008
Office hour: Tuesday 15:00 - 17:00 PM, or by individual appointment

Course Outline | Course Notes

Bulletin Board

[2011.11.17]: The project presentation schedule is as follows:

1 Fangye Lin 201173705 Nov. 23, 2011 10:30 - 10:45
2 Xinyue Hu 201181112 Nov. 23, 2011 10:45 - 11:00
3 Tuotian Liao 201178969 Nov. 23, 2011 11:00 - 11:15

4 Xin He 201176336 Nov. 28, 2011 10:00 - 10:15
5 Yi Wang 201181054 Nov. 28, 2011 10:15 - 10:30
6 Kai Zhu 201083177 Nov. 28, 2011 10:30 - 10:45
7 Kai Guo 201181302 Nov. 28, 2011 10:45 - 11:00
8 Hao Liu 201178944 Nov. 28, 2011 11:00 - 11:15

9 Huicong Liu 201174828 Nov. 30, 2011 10:00 - 10:15
10 Van L. Nguyen 200975266 Nov. 30, 2011 10:15 - 10:30
11 Yunxiang Xue 201182086 Nov. 30, 2011 10:30 - 10:45
12 Hao Guo 201172079 Nov. 30, 2011 10:45 - 11:00
13 Mohammed Faiyaz Khan 201190402 Nov. 30, 2011 11:00 - 11:15

14 Shiwei Han 201095395 Dec. 1, 2011 10:00 - 10:15
15 Guangyue Liu 201083227 Dec. 1, 2011 10:15 - 10:30
16 Lin Yiying Dec. 1, 2011 10:30 - 10:45
17 Luo Ran Dec. 1, 2011 10:45 - 11:00

[2011.11.14]: Notes for Chapter 6: Security.

[2011.11.14]: Notes for Chapter 5: Routing.

[2011.09.28]: Notes for Chapter 4: Switching.

[2011.09.28]: Notes for Chapter 3: Scheduling.

[2011.09.10]: Notes for Chapter 2: Queueing.

[2011.09.10]: Notes for Chapter 1: Introduction.

[2011.09.08]: Welcome to ENGI-9876, Advance Data Networks. My office is in EN-4012, and the phone number is 737 8972.

Textbook

S. Keshav, An Engineering Approach to Computer Networking, Addison-Wesley, 1997

Contents

The topics will include, but not limited to the following:
1.Introductory Concepts: network topologies, communication architectures
2.Elements of Communication Protocols: packet formats, flow control, error control, protocol analysis
3.Packet Switching: datagram vs. virtual circuit, examples: IP and ATM
4.Queuing Theory: M/M/1 and other queues
5.Scheduling: scheduling strategies for best-effort and guaranteed-service connections
6.Routing: distance-vector and link-state routing strategies for packet switching
7.High Speed Switching Architectures: sampling of switch fabric architectures such as broadcast bus, Batcher-Banyan, and Balanced Gamma networks
8.Security (time permitting): symmetric key and public key encryption, authentication, digital signatures
9.Wireless Sensor Networks(time permitting): an introduction to wireless sensor networking technologies, challenges, and applications

Evaluation Scheme

Project20%
Midterm 115%
Midterm 215%
Fianl Exam50%

Sample Project Topics:

1. Routing Protocols in the Internet
2. MPLS Switching Technology
3. The Internet of Things/Objects
4. Security in the Internet
5. Security in Wireless Networks
6. Network Protocols for Multi-hop Wireless Networks
7. Topics in Wireless Sensor Networks
8. Topics in Ad Hoc Networks
9. Topics in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks
10. Cognitive Radio Techniques for Wireless Communications Networks
11. Co-operative Wireless Networks
12. More topics to be added ...

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