CS725/825 Computer Networks

Course Outline

Topics: Introduction to local, metropolitan, and wide area networks. Introduction to the Internet protocol suite and to network tools and programming. Discussion of various networking technologies. More...
URL: http://myunh.unh.edu/
Credits: 4/3
Section: 01
Semester: Fall 2008
Date/Time: MWF 10:10 am - 11:00 am, Kingsbury N328
Instructor: Radim Bartos
Office: Kingsbury N215B, rbartos AT cs.unh.edu, http://www.cs.unh.edu/~rbartos,
Phone: (603) 862-3792, Fax (603) 862-3493.
Office hours (Fall 2008): MWF 11:00 am - noon and by appointment.
Prerequisite: CS620 Operating System Fundamentals
Teaching method: Lectures, homeworks, programming projects, experiments with networks and networking equipment.
Homeworks: Problems from the textbook and programming projects. Homeworks are due at the beginning of a class. There will be 20% penalty for late submission (up to a week, parts of a week count as a full week). Electronic submissions in proprietary file formats, such as MS Word, will not be accepted. For more on this subject see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html.
Exams: Two in-class exams (around mid October and mid November) and a final (10:30 am - 12:30 pm, Tuesday, December 16, 2008). All exams are open-book, open-notes.
Grading: 40% assignments, 30% in-class exams, 30% final exam. Grading scale: 95% and above: A, 90% and above: A-, 87% and above: B+, 83% and above: B, 80% and above: B-, 77% and above: C+, 73% and above: C, 70% and above: C-, etc. Students with with a documented disability must register with the UNH Disability Services. More...
Text: James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross: Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, Fourth Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2008. ISBN: 0-321-49770-8.