Class Hours:	Tu, Th 4 - 5.15 PM.
Lecture room:	ELab 304
Laboratory:	ECE Trailer
Instructor:	Prof. Aura Ganz (ganz@ecs.umass.edu)
Office:	Knowles Engineering Building 309F
Office Hours:	Tu, Th, 9.15 - 10.15 AM.
Teaching Assistant:	Niranjan (nniranja@ecs.umass.edu)
Office:	ECE Trailer
Office Hours:	Tu 9.00 - 11.00 AM
URL:	http://ganz.ecs.umass.edu/ece597a/
Text:	Tannenbaum, Andrew S., Computer Networks, Prentice Hall (4th edition)
Class Email Address:	ece597a_list@ecs.umass.edu

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Course objectives

1. Understand the concepts of networking.
2. Discover how theoretical principles are implemented in practice
3. Use state of the art tools that will help comprehension of a network, its administration and maintenance
4. Improve written and presentation skills

Topics covered

1. Physical Layer communication
2. Data Link layer protocols
3. Routing protocols
4. Transport layer protocols
5. Application layer programming
6. Wireless networks
7. Application development using .NET
8. Router Configuration

Assignments

1.  [20%] Homework assignments

• 7% for 7 textbook assignments
• 13% for 3 .NET assignments

2. [60%] Quizzes (3)

• Written questions that cover topics covered in the labs, in the lectures and in the book.

• The quiz topics and dates are provided in the course schedule

3. [10% for ECE597A and 20% for ECE697A] Final Project 

• Each group (3 students) will be required to develop an application using the .NET platform
• Programming skills in C# language are required for the project

4. [10% for ECE597A] Presentation 

• Each group will be required to work on a specific wireless networking related topic.
• Present group project in class during the last two weeks of the semester

Grading policy: Assignments will be uploaded to the class web site by the posted deadline (dates are provided in the course schedule).  One day late we will take 20% off the grade, two days late 40%, and no credit will be given to assignments that are more than two days late

Mailing List

Course discussions will be done on a course mailing list. It is your responsibility to subscribe to the list, if you are not already subscribed.

 

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