General and Historic Course Information
Course Information and Procedures
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Academic Honesty Policies |
Student Disabilities
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Required Text:
Computer Networks, A Systems Approach, Fifth Edition, Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie
Recommended Text:
TCP/IP Sockets in C, Practical Guide for Programmers,
Second Edition Donahoo and Calvert
Networks Reference Textbooks
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Other Networks Programming Textbooks
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Lecture Organization
Course Syllabus (pdf)
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Useful Information
Class List
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Programming Teams
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Summary of Due Dates and Exams
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Pointers to basic program development techniques (e.g., make,gdb,tar) can be found on CS2303 web page:
web.cs.wpi.edu/~rek/Systems/A08/A08.html
This course includes socket programming assignments, OPNET simulation assignments and a wireless measurement experience.
Programming Assignments
Program 0 (prog0): TCP Echo Server (pdf)
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Program 1 (prog1): Location Server (pdf)
:last modified 5 Jan 13
Course Programming Project (progc) (pdf)
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WLAN Performance Evaluation Assignment
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OPNET Simulation Assignments
Lab 1: CSMA Simulation (sim1): (pdf)
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Lab 2: WLAN Simulation (sim2): (pdf)
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Lab 6: RIP Simulation (sim3): (pdf)
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Lab 7: OSPF Simulation (sim4): (pdf)
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Papers
DDoS Tutorial (pdf)
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Mid Term Exams | Mid Term (pdf) | Spring12 (pdf) | Spring06 (pdf) | D11 (pdf) | Answer Q15 MidTerm (pdf) |
Final Exams | Final Review (pdf) | Spring12 (pdf) | Spring06 (pdf) | C10 (pdf) | Answer Q16 MidTerm (pdf) |
Help Session 1 [B10] | pptx | Updated: Oct 10 | |
Help Session 2 [B05] | ppt | Updated: 9 Nov 05 | Help Session 2 [B04] | ppt | Updated: 9 Nov 04 | Help Session 3 [B05] | ppt | Updated: 5 Dec 05 | Help Session 3 [C04] | ppt | Updated: 1 Dec 04 |
Course Objectives | pptx | Updated: 8 Jan 13 | Introduction: Network Definitions and Classification | pptx | Updated: 14 Jan 13 | TCP Sockets | pptx | Updated: 8 Jan 13 |
Hobb's Internet History |   |   |   |
Top 10 Internet Milestones | pptx | Updated: 29 Jan 13 | Network Architecture and OSI Reference Model | pptx | Updated: 14 Jan 13 | Network Switching | pptx | Updated: 14 Jan 13 | Network Performance Measures | pptx | Updated: 15 Jan 13 | Sample Network Delay Problems | pptx | Updated: 5 Feb 13 | Introduction to Application Layer | pptx | Updated: 27 Jan 13 | HTTP | pptx | Updated: 28 Jan 13 | DNS | pptx | Updated: 29 Jan 13 | Physical Layer | pptx | Updated: 4 Feb 13 | Data Encoding | pptx | Updated: 4 Feb 13 | Transmission Media | pptx | Updated: 10 Feb 13 | Transmission Errors | pptx | Updated: 8 Feb 13 | Framing and Stuffing | pptx | Updated: 8 Feb 13 | Data Link Layer | pptx | Updated: 19 Feb 13 | Local Area Networks | pptx | Updated: 8 Feb 13 | Ethernet | pptx | Updated: 8 Feb 13 | Bridges | pptx | Updated: 18 Feb 13 | FDDI | pptx | Updated: 26 Feb 13 | Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet | pptx | Updated: 25 Feb 13 |
Wireless LANs | pptx | Updated: 18 Mar 13 | |
"Characterization of 802.11 Wireless Networks in the Home" | pptx | Updated: 19 Mar 13 | |
"Performance Anomaly for 802.11b | pptx | Updated: 19 Mar 13 | |
"Performance Analysis of the Intertwined Effects between Network Layers for 802.11g Transmissions" | pptx | Updated: 19 Mar 13 | |
Computer Performance Evaluation | Performance Video | pptx | Updated: 25 Mar 13 |
Cellular and Mobile Wireless Networks | pptx | Updated: 26 Mar 13 | |
Wireless Sensor Networks | pptx | Updated: 2 Apr 13 | |
Berkeley Introduction to Sensors | pptx | Updated: 19 Mar 13 | Network Layer | pptx | Updated: 9 Apr 13 | TCP Sliding Windows | pptx | Updated: 8 Apr 13 | Congestion Control | pptx | Updated: 9 Apr 13 | TCP Congestion Control | pptx | Updated: 16 Apr 13 | High-Speed TCP Variants | pptx | Updated: 22 Apr 12 | SONET | pptx | Updated: 16 Apr 13 | ATM | pptx | Updated: 16 Apr 13 | Firewalls | pptx | Updated: 6 Apr 12 | Distributed Denial of Service | pptx | Updated: 18 Apr 12 |
Last modified: 16 April 2013
Bob Kinicki