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Data Communications Fundamentals
COMPSCI 314 S1 T 2008
| Prerequisites | COMPSCI 210 and COMPSCI 215. |
| Assessment | Final Exam 70%; Test 15%; Assignments 15%
(Passes required in both practical and written work) |
| Lecturers | Dr Brian Carpenter (Room 587)
Assoc Prof Nevil Brownlee (Room 590) Prof Cristian S. Calude (Room 575) |
| Tutor | DongJin Lee |
| Class Representative | Steve Crutchley |
| Time & Location | Mon 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm (2 hours), Tamaki 733-201
Thu 1:30 pm, Tamaki 733-201 |
| Recommended Text | William A. Shay, "Understanding Data Communications and
Networks," Thomson*Brooks/Cole (3rd Edition)
The course is mostly based on the text; you should plan to read the sections from it that are covered in the course. Note, however, that other material (e.g. Skype, Powerline Communications) is not covered in the text – suitable web references for such material will be given in lectures. |
| Description | The fundamentals of data communications and computer networks, concentrating on the layered model up to and including the Transport Layer (Level 4). It includes Local Area Networks, Internet Protocols (TCP/IP) and basic applications such as Email and Voice over IP, to give an understanding of how Internet services are provided over the layered model. |
| Contents | The course will be based on the textbook, i.e. lectures
and assignments are aimed at directing students to the relevant
sections of the textbook.
Some sections of the textbook are not covered in the course. The Lectures
page will list the sections that are intended to be covered.
Expected topics include: the layered model, physical transmission techniques and coding, data security and integrity, protocols, local area networks, wide area networks, routing, TCP/IP and Internet applications. |
Office Hours and Contacts
DongJin's office hours are Wed 3-5 pm, room 596.
Brian Carpenter is glad to answer
email questions. Informal office hours, between 10am and 4pm most days in room 303.587.
Nevil Brownlee does not have formal "Office Hours," preferring to have
an open door policy, room 303.590, so that students can see him whenever they
desire, from about 10am to 4.30pm. If the time is inconvenient he may ask you
to come back later, or perhaps make an appointment.
Cris Calude prefers email communication.
We are unlikely to answer email from home, so do not expect responses during the evening.
All email messages must include the class "catalogue" number (314) and your student ID number.
Messages which do not not include this information will be treated as spam.
This applies especially to those from an address such as "happy653@yahoo.com"
Cheating and Plagiarism
The Department of Computer Science has instituted a general policy on cheating and plagiarism.Briefly, if we detect material in assignments or projects that appears to be copied from elsewhere,
we will give zero marks for that assignment or project.
Appeals must be in writing to the Head of Department (not to the lecturer).
You may read the official statement of the Departmental policy.
Exam and Test Information
Exam Date:
Saturday, 28 June 2008 at Tamaki
Time: 9:15 - 11:30 am
Bus schedule
Test Date: Thursday, 24 April 2008
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 pm (i.e., usual lecture time)
Room: 733-201 (i.e., usual lecture room)
Timetable for 2008
This table represents a first estimate of topics to be covered throughout the lectures, together with assignment and test dates. All details are subject to change.- Lectures are at 1:30-3:30 on Mondays, and on Thursdays at 1:30-2:30 pm, in lecture theatre TBD
- The dates are the start of each week, with all assignments due on Wednesdays, exact details to be arranged.
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While this is the general plan of the allocation of topics to each lecture,
the division and allocation of material is by no means guaranteed.
Topics may very well move slightly as the course develops.
The numbers at the start of each lecture entry are just the sequential numbers of the lectures.
For each lecture, the textbook sections we expect to cover are shown on the Lectures page.
| Week Starting | Monday (a) | Monday (b) | Thursday | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 March | 1 Introduction | 2 Introduction | 3 Signals | |
| 10 March | 4 Codes | 5 Analog & Digital | — No Lecture — | |
| 17 March | 6 Analog & Digital | 7 Compression | 8 Compression | |
| 24 March | Easter | Easter | 9 Data Integrity | |
| 31 March | 10 Data Integrity | 11 Powerline | 12 Encryption | |
| 7 April | 13 Authentication | 14 Flow Control | 15 Flow Control | Ass 1 due Fri, 11 April |
| 14 April | — Mid Semester Break — | |||
| 21 April | 16 LAN: link control |
17 Ethernet | — Test — | TEST: 1:30 pm
Thu 24 April |
| 28 April | 18 Ethernet | 19 Wireless, 802.11 |
20 Bridges | |
| 5 May | 21 Switches | 22 Routing | 23 Routing | Ass 2 due Fri, 9 May |
| 12 May | 24 IPv4 basics, ICMP |
25 IPv4 continued: DHCP, ARP, DNS |
26 IPv6 | |
| 19 May | 27 TCP | 28 UDP, Sockets | 29 TLS, SSH, FTP, SMTP, SNMP |
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| 26 May | 30 Skype | 31 HTTP, the Web |
32 Course overview |
Ass 3 due Fri, 30 May |
| 2 June | No lectures - just lots of time to study | |||
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