General and Historic Course Information
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: last modified 12 March 2011
Required Text:
Computer Networking A Top-Down Approach, Fifth Edition,
James Kurose and Keith Ross
Recommended Text:
TinyOS Programming, Philip Levis and David Gay, Cambridge University Press, 2009
Other Reference Texts:
Networks Textbooks
: last modified 11 March 2011
Introductory Explanation
The old undergraduate Computer Networks course, CS4514, has been replaced by two
new courses CS3516 and CS4516. CS4516 provides more depth information
on several of the topics introduced in CS3516 and puts emphasis
on Wireless Local Area Networks, Wireless Sensor Networks and network security issues.
Course Syllabus (pdf)
: last modified 21 April 11
Class List (pdf)
: last modified 16 March 11
Programming Teams (pdf)
: last modified 27 April 11
Programming Assignments
Design Report: Design Proposal for Global Employee Location Application
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Program 1: Global Employee Location Server using Selective Repeat
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WLAN Report: Wireless Measurement Study
: last modified 21 Apr 11
Grade Sheet
Program 2: Sensing and Communicating using TinyOS and TelosB Motes
: last modified 12 March 11
Program 3: A Network of TelosB Sub-Networks
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WPI Campus Network
| Office | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Bob Kinicki | FL 135 | 3-4 p.m. | 11-noon | 2:30-4 p.m. | |||
| TA: Jeff Zhou | FL A22 | 5-7 p.m. | 10a.m.- noon |
| Help Session 1 [D11] | pptx | Updated: 20 Mar 11 |
| Mid Term Exams | D11 Review (pdf) | D11 (pdf) | C10 (pdf) | B08 (pdf) | B07 (pdf) | Answer Q13 Midterm D11 (pdf) | Answer Q3 Midterm D11 (pdf) |
| Final Exams | D11 Review (pdf) | D11 (pdf) | C10 (pdf) | B08 (pdf) | B07 (pdf) | Answer Q15 Midterm B08 (pdf) | Answer Q14 Midterm B07 (pdf) |
| Course Objectives | pptx | Updated: 13 March 11 | |
| Review: OSI Reference Model and TCP/IP Suite | pptx | Updated: 11 March 11 | |
| Review: Network Performance Measures | pptx | Updated: 14 March 11 | Sample Network Delay Problems | pptx | Updated: 14 March 11 |
| Review: Data Link Layer | pptx | Updated: 16 March 11 | |
| Framing, Bit and Byte Stuffing | pptx | Updated: 16 March 11 | |
| Transmission Errors | pptx | Updated: 17 March 11 | |
| Physical Layer | pptx | Updated: 25 Mar 11 | Data Encoding | pptx | Updated: 27 Mar 11 | Transmission Media | pptx | Updated: 30 Mar 11 | Local Area Networks | pptx | Updated: 3 Apr 11 | Ethernet | pptx | Updated: 8 Apr 11 |
| Bridges | pptx | Updated: 3 Apr 11 | |
| Wireless Networks | pptx | Updated: 8 Apr 11 | |
| "Characterization of 802.11 Wireless Networks in the Home" | pptx | Updated: 11 Apr 11 | |
| "Performance Anomaly of 802.11b" | pptx | Updated: 10 Feb 10 | |
| "Performance Analysis of the Intertwined Effects between Network Layers for 802/11g Transmissions" | pptx | Updated: 12 Apr 11 | |
| Cellular and Mobile Networks | pptx | Updated: 11 Apr 11 | |
| Wireless Sensor Networks | pptx | Updated: 11 Apr 11 | |
| Berkeley Introduction to Motes | pptx | Updated: 15 Apr 11 | |
| Computer Network Performance Evaluation |
Video |
Updated: 16 Nov 06 | |
| Introduction to TinyOS and nesC | pptx | Updated: 18 Apr 11 | |
| TinyOS Applications | pptx | Updated: 20 Apr 11 | FDDI | ppt | Updated: 28 Nov 07 | Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet | pptx | Updated: 26 April 11 | SONET | pptx | Updated: 27 Apr 11 | ATM | pptx | Updated: 28 Feb 10 |
| Distributed Denial of Service Tutorial | ppt | Updated: 1 Mar 10 | |
| Firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems | pptx | Updated: 1 Mar 10 |
Last modified: 29 April 2011
Bob Kinicki