Selvakennedy Selvadurai School of Information Technologies NETS3303 / 3603 Network Protocols and Programming/(Adv) Selvakennedy(Kennedy) Selvadurai

Selvakennedy Selvadurai School of Information Technologies Introduction 6cp => Lectures, Tutorials, Labs (unsupervised) Assessment: –Quiz (Theory) 10% –Assignments (Mostly Programming) 30% –Final Exam (Theory) 60%

Selvakennedy Selvadurai School of Information Technologies Aims and Goals In depth knowledge of the TCP/IP protocol stack Understand design issues in protocols Ability to apply theory to network problems Programming distributed systems Understand the need for quality of service

Selvakennedy Selvadurai School of Information Technologies Syllabus WeekTopicRemark 1Introduction and Motivation, Review of Networking and TCP/IP 2Distributed programming 3Client/server with Multi- threading 4Network Layer, Subnetting 5ICMP, ping, TracerouteStart work on assignment 1 6Routing and routing protocols 7IPv6, AutoconfAssignment 1 due 8Transport layer, TCP, UDP 9TCP Congestion ControlQuiz, Start on assignment 2 10Multicasting, QoS 11Application Layer Protocols, SIP 12RTP, RTCP, RTSPAssignment 2 due 13Revision

Selvakennedy Selvadurai School of Information Technologies Plagiarism Not acceptable according to School, University and International ethics standards Will likely be detected Why spend time at uni if knowledge is of low importance See school web site

Selvakennedy Selvadurai School of Information Technologies Special consideration Follow school policy In short: –No special consideration unless supported by required documentation –Always apply through faculty student office (not academic staff)

Selvakennedy Selvadurai School of Information Technologies Procedure One 2-hour lecture per week –Please ask questions Tutorial, once per week –Attempt questions before tute –Ask questions! Lab - Practise network programming and for assignment

Selvakennedy Selvadurai School of Information Technologies Tips Read through the material before the lecture Focus on understanding the CONCEPTS If you don’t understand a certain layer, chances are you will not fully understand layers above

Selvakennedy Selvadurai School of Information Technologies Assumed knowledge Fundamental networking stuff NETS2009/2150 etc. Java Programming (especially file IO and multi-threading) Maths (statistics, discrete) not majority of course material but will be required in places (esp. advanced)

Selvakennedy Selvadurai School of Information Technologies Reference Material Textbook: Douglas Comer, Internetworking with TCP/IP volume 1: Principles Protocols, and Architecture, 5th edition, Prentice Hall Secondary text: Douglas Comer, Internetworking with TCP/IP volume 3, Client-server Programming and Applications Web site –WebCT at – IETF –