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: [phone], email:  [e-mail]
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:

1. Computer Networks (4th edition) by A. S. Tanenbaum
2. 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