CSC 329: Computer Networks
Not Teaching This Course This Semester
CSC 329: Computer Networks, 3 credit hours
Time: 3:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M., Sunday, Tuesday
Date: 14-10-1430 – 5-2-1431 H.
Location: Sunday, Tuesday : A 047
Instructor: Dr. Iehab AL-Rassan, office phone: 4676585, email: irassan@yahoo.com
Text book: Computer Networks by A. S. Tanenbaum, 4th edition , prentice Hall PTR , 2002
Office Hours: Sunday 12 P.M –3P.M, (This might change – always check my home page first)
Course Website:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KSUcsc329-1-31/
Course Objectives :
The course aims at giving the students the sufficient knowledge to understand the
mechanisms that govern modern computer networks, with a focus on the Internet. It
covers the following topics:
- Overview (computer networks uses, layered architecture).
- The Data Link Layer (error control, flow control, LANs, Ethernet).
- The Network Layer (routing algorithms, IP).
- The Transport Layer (congestion, TCP, UDP, sockets).
- The Application Layer (some examples).
Suggested text books and reference material:
- Computer Networks (4th edition) by A. S. Tanenbaum
- Data Communications and Networking by Behrouz A. Forouzan, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2007
Prerequisite: CSC 227
You are strongly expected to have basic knowledge of the subjects of Computer Operating Systems.
Syllabus
Introduction of Computer Networks
The Physical Layer
The Data Link Layer
The Medium Access Sublayer
The Network Layer
The Transport Layer
The Application Layer
Network Security
Assignments
· You have to post one question and its answer on the course website by the end of every week. Also, you are required to evaluate someone else’s posted question and its answer from the previous week, giving score out of 5.
· Some exercises from the text book.
Grading Policy
5 % Attendance
10% Assignments
20% Midterm Exam 1
25% Midterm Exam 2
40% Final Exam
Lecture Schedule
Date | Topics |
14-10-1430, 21-10-1430 | Introduction to Computer Networks |
28-10-1430, 05-11-1430 | The Physical Layer |
12-11-1430, 19-11-1430 | The Data Link Layer , Midterm Exam1 |
26-11-1430 |
The Medium Access Sublayer |
04-12-1430, 11-12-1430 |
Eid Aladha Break Recess |
18-12-1430, |
The Medium Access Sublayer |
25-12-1430, 02-01-1431 | The Network Layer |
09-01-1431, 16-01-1431 | The Transport Layer , Midterm Exam 2 |
23-01-1431, 01-02-1431 | The Application Layer |
08-02-1431, 22-02-1431 |
Final exam |