WPI Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Computer Science Department


CS4516 Advanced Computer Networks - Term C10
Instructor: Bob Kinicki

General and Historic Course Information
Course Information and Procedures | Academic Honesty Policies | Student Disabilities : last modified
Required Text: Computer Networks, Fourth Edition, Andrew Tanenbaum | Networks Reference Textbooks : last modified 28 Oct 08

Introductory Explanation

The old undergraduate Computer Networks course, CS4514, has been replaced by two new courses CS3516 and CS4516 because the current state of computer networking technology no longer fits within a single seven-week course. CS4516 will provide more depth in several of the topics introduced in CS3516 and put more emphasis on Wireless Local Area Networks, Wireless Sensor Networks and network security issues.
This course Web page will start as a skeleton structure of the old CS4514 course, but will gradually evolve to the new CS4516 course. Any updates before August 15, 2009 refer to the old skeleton. Any updates after that date will reflect planned components of the new course. Because CS3516 will be taught for the first time in B09 by Professor Claypool, the exact syllabus for CS4516 will remain fluid until the CS3516 syllabus is solidified.

Course Syllabus (pdf) : last modified
Class List (pdf) : last modified
Programming Teams (pdf) : last modified

Programming Assignments

Choosing team partners:
ALL three members MUST send an email to rek indicating that they agree to be a team by Monday, November 10th by 6 p.m.
Those students remaining as 'free agents' will be assigned to teams.
Each team must participate in a REQUIRED 30-minute office hour meeting to discuss their design report by 5 p.m. on Friday, November 14th.

Program 1 (pdf) : last modified 4 Nov 08
Program 2 (pdf) : last modified 22 Oct 08
Design Report (pdf) : last modified 24 Oct 08
Assignment 3: WLAN Measurement Test Design (pdf) : last modified 3 Dec 08 Wireless Measurement Tools
Program 4 (pdf) : last modified 24 Oct 08

 

Office Hours Schedule

  Office Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Bob Kinicki FL 135   3:30 - 4 p.m. 9 - 9:30 a.m.   2-3 p.m. 2-3 p.m.
TA: Choong-Soo Lee FL A22   2-3 p.m. 3-4 p.m. 3-4 p.m. 7-8 p.m.  

Old Exams

Mid Term Exams B08 Review (pdf) B08 (pdf) B07 (pdf) B06 (pdf) B05 (pdf) Answer Q13 Midterm B06 (pdf)
Final Exams B08 Review (pdf) B08 (pdf) B07 (pdf) B06 (pdf) B05 (pdf) Answer Q13 Midterm B05 (pdf)
            Answer Q14 Midterm B07 (pdf)

Homework Problems

Homework 1 (pdf)

Help Session Slides

Help Session 1 [B08] pdf ppt Updated: 3 Nov 08
Help Session 1 [B07] pdf ppt Updated: 24 Oct 07
Help Session 1 [B06] pdf ppt Updated: 26 Oct 06
Help Session 2 [B08] pdf ppt Updated: 18 Nov 08
Help Session 2 [B07] pdf ppt Updated: 7 Oct 07
Help Session 2 [B06] pdf ppt Updated: 8 Nov 06
Help Session 3 [B07] pdf ppt Updated:
Help Session 3 [B06] pdf ppt Updated: 27 Nov 06

Course Lecture Slides

Introduction: Network Definitions and Classification pdf ppt Updated: 28 Oct 08
Internet, HTTP and DNS Examples pdf ppt Updated: 24 Oct 08
TCP Sockets pdf ppt Updated: 24 Oct 08
Network Performance Measures pdf ppt Updated: 28 Oct 08
Network Switching pdf ppt Updated: 3 Nov 08
Sample Network Delay Problems pdf ppt Updated: 15 Nov 08
OSI Reference Model pdf ppt Updated: 2 Nov 08
Physical Layer pdf ppt Updated: 5 Nov 08
Data Encoding pdf ppt Updated: 5 Nov 08
Transmission Media pdf ppt Updated: 7 Nov 08
Transmission Errors pdf ppt Updated: 9 Nov 08
Bit and Byte Stuffing pdf ppt Updated: 10 Nov 08
Data Link Layer pdf ppt Updated: 13 Nov 08
Local Area Networks pdf ppt Updated: 13 Nov 08
Ethernet pdf ppt Updated: 20 Nov 08
Wireless LANs pdf ppt Updated: 30 Nov 08
Computer Network Performance Evaluation Video
  Updated: 16 Nov 06
"Characterization of 802.11 Wireless Networks in the Home" pdf ppt Updated: 1 Dec 08
"Performance Analysis of the Intertwined Effects between Network Layers for 802.11g Transmissions" pdf ppt Updated: 4 Dec 08
Bridges pdf ppt Updated: 23 Nov 08
Token Ring and FDDI pdf ppt Updated: 2 Dec 08
Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet pdf ppt Updated: 2 Dec 08
SONET pdf ppt Updated: 4 Dec 08
ATM pdf ppt Updated: 11 Dec 08
Network Layer pdf ppt Updated: 15 Dec 08
TCP Sliding Windows pdf ppt Updated: 14 Dec 08
TCP Congestion Control pdf ppt Updated: 14 Dec 08
Distributed Denial of Service Tutorial pdf ppt Updated:

REK's Home Page

Last modified: 15 December 2008

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