WPI Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Computer Science Department


CS513/ECE506 Computer Networks
Spring 2006
Instructor: Bob Kinicki

This page will be continuously updated as the term proceeds.

General and Historic Course Information
Course Information and Procedures : last modified 19 Mar 06
Academic Honesty Policies | Student Disabilities : last modified 6 Jan 06
Required Text: Computer Networks A Systems Approach, Third Edition, Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie | Networks Reference Textbooks : last modified 2 Jan 06
Networks Programming Textbooks : last modified 31 Jan 06

Lecture Organization

Course Syllabus (pdf) : last modified 6 Feb 06
Class List (pdf) : last modified 19 March 06

Programming Assignments

Note - This course will include a significant programming assignment and a wireless measurement experience.

Course Programming Project (pdf) :last modified 6 Feb 06
Wireless Measurement Assignment (pdf) :last modified 21 Mar 06

Office Hours Schedule

  Office Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Bob Kinicki FL 135     5-6 p.m.     10:00-11:00 a.m.

Old Undergrad Course Exams

Mid Term Exams Mid Term Review (pdf) B05 (pdf) B04 (pdf) C04 (pdf) Answer Q15 Midterm B04 (pdf)
Final Exams Final Review (pdf) B05 (pdf) B04 (pdf) C04 (pdf) Answer Q14 Midterm C04 (pdf)
          Answer Q13 Midterm B05 (pdf)

Help Session Slides

Help Session 1 [B05] pdf ppt Updated: 31 Oct 05
Help Session 2 [B05] pdf ppt Updated: 9 Nov 05
Help Session 2 [B04] pdf ppt Updated: 9 Nov 04
Help Session 3 [B05] pdf ppt Updated: 5 Dec 05
Help Session 3 [C04] pdf ppt Updated: 1 Dec 04

Course Lecture Slides

Course Objectives pdf ppt Updated: 3 Jan 06
Introduction: Network Definitions and Classification pdf ppt Updated: 4 Jan 06
Network Switching pdf ppt Updated: 4 Jan 06
Internet Introduction, HTTP and DNS Examples pdf ppt Updated: 6 Jan 06
OSI Reference Model pdf ppt Updated: 6 Jan 06
Network Performance Measures pdf ppt Updated: 12 Jan 06
Sample Network Delay Problems pdf ppt Updated: 31 Jan 06
TCP Sockets pdf ppt Updated: 17 Jan 06
Physical Layer pdf ppt Updated: 23 Jan 06
Data Encoding pdf ppt Updated: 5 Feb 06
Transmission Media pdf ppt Updated: 5 Feb 06
Transmission Errors pdf ppt Updated: 5 Feb 06
Bit and Byte Stuffing pdf ppt Updated: 5 Feb 06
Data Link Layer pdf ppt Updated: 5 Feb 06
Local Area Networks pdf ppt Updated: 20 Feb 06
Ethernet pdf ppt Updated: 27 Feb 06
Bridges pdf ppt Updated: 27 Feb 06
Wireless LANs pdf ppt Updated: 6 Mar 06
"Characterization of 802.11 Wireless Networks in the Home" pdf ppt Updated: 20 Mar 06
"Performance Analysis of the Intertwined Effects between Network Layers for 802.11g Transmissions" pdf ppt Updated: 13 Mar 06
Token Ring and FDDI pdf ppt Updated: 7 Mar 06
Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet pdf ppt Updated: 20 Mar 06
SONET pdf ppt Updated: 27 Mar 06
ATM pdf ppt Updated: 4 Apr 06
Network Layer pdf ppt Updated: 11 Apr 06
Global Internet pdf ppt Updated: 11 Apr 06
TCP Sliding Windows pdf ppt Updated: 11 Apr 06
Congestion Control pdf ppt Updated: 17 Apr 06
TCP Congestion Control pdf ppt Updated: 18 Apr 06

REK's Home Page

Last modified: 18 April 2006

Bob Kinicki
Fuller Labs 135
Computer Science Department
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA 01609
rek@cs.wpi.edu