CEN303

CEN 303 – Data Communications and Computer Networks (3-0-1) 
It is a course that created for SWE dept. 

Course Description (catalog): Introduction To Communication Systems and Computer Networks: Network Essentials, Features, Models, and Components, Classification Of Telecommunication and Computer Networks and Internet Technology; Overview Of Computer Networks and Protocols (OSI) And (TCP/IP) Protocols; Application Layer: Protocols, Client-Server / P2P Architectures, Web and HTTP Protocol, File Transfer and FTP Protocol, Electronic Mail and SMTP & POP3/IMAP Protocols, DNS; Transport Layer: Services, Multiplexing and Demultiplexing, Data Transfer Reliability, Flow Control, Congestion Control, TCP, UDP Transport Protocols, and socket programming; Network Layer: Routing and Routers, The IP Protocol, Routing Algorithms (LS, DV, …), Routing In The Internet (RIP, OSPF, BGP), Broadcast and Multicast Routing; Introduction To Network Security; Overview of data Link Layer and wireless communication; 

Prerequisites: STAT 324 – Engineering Probability and Statistics 

Textbook(s) and/or Other Required Materials: 

Primary: 

James F. Kurose, and Keith W Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 6th Edition 

 

Supplementary: 

Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall 

To view my OH for Spring'17 please see the attachment

*All CEN303 detailed info and materials, can be found on LMS.