Sonoma State University

Department of Engineering Science

Course Syllabus Fall 2012

Course:	ES 465 / CS 465 / CES 440 Computer Networks T 6-8:50 pm – Lab / TH 6-7:50 pm – Lecture NO eating or drinking is allowed in the lab!
Instructor:	Dr. Farid Farahmand Office: 2010 A Salazar Phone: (707) 664-3491 E-mail: farahman@sonoma.edu Web: http://www.sonoma.edu/users/f/farahman/
Office Hours:	By Appointment / Office Hours
Text:	Required: Computer Networks and Internets, 5/e by Comer ISBN-10: 0136061273- Available on Google Books
	Optional: Data and Computer Communications, 8/E  by William Stallings ISBN-10: 0132433109 - Available on Google Books
Grading Plan:	Exams Lab/Homework/Articles Project Lab Quiz	40% 30% 10% 20%
Grading:	95 - 100 A 90 - 94 A- 87 - 89 B+ 84 - 86 B 80 - 83 B- 74 - 76 C	70 - 73 C- 77 - 79 C+ 67 - 69 D+ 64 - 66 D 60 - 63 D- < 60 F

Reminder:

This course is 4 credit-hours requiring an average of 9-12 hours of study per week!

POLICIES

Classroom conducts: In order to create an appropriate environment for teaching and learning, students must show respect for their instructors and fellow students. Listed below are a few guidelines for classroom behavior. Students are expected to follow these guide lines to ensure that the learning environment is not compromised.

• Attendance: You are expected to be in class the entire class time. Please do not enter late or leave early. Rare exceptions may be made, particularly in emergency situations.
• Absences: Inform the instructor in advance, if you know you are going to miss a class. Also, take responsibility for getting missed assignments from other students. Do not expect that you will be allowed to make up work, such as unannounced quizzes or tests, after an absence. Instructors are not responsible for re-teaching the material you missed due to an absence or being late.
• Conversation: Do not carry on side conversations in class.
• Sleep: Do not sleep in class.
• Internet browsing: Please turn off all monitors and listen to the lectures.
• Attitude: You are expected to maintain a civil attitude in class. You may not use inappropriate or offensive commentary or body language to show your attitude regarding the course, the instructor, assignments, or fellow students.
• Cell phones and pagers: You may not receive or send telephone calls or use pagers during class. You are responsible for turning off cell phones and beepers upon entering class.

PLAGIARISM: All forms of cheating and plagiarism are serious offenses that can result in disciplinary penalties including expulsion from the University. This includes copying assignments from the Internet! Refer to the student handbook for details. Each student is expected to do his/her own work.

WITHDRAWAL: Authorized withdrawals are permitted without penalty or notation on the students' academic record. No student will be granted a withdrawal after this date unless extreme extenuating circumstances occur. Please be advised that the instructor will not grant a grade of 'W' after the deadline for any student failing the course. Policy regarding withdrawal is stated in the university catalog.

SPECIAL NEEDS: If you have emergency medical information that needs to be shared with the instructor, or require special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please inform the instructor.

UNIVERSITY POLICIES: As a student at Sonoma State University, it is important that you know the policies and procedures that affect you. These five policies and procedures were selected by the SSU Academic Senate for their importance to your academic career.. more here

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Course Description:  This course is designed to familiarize students with the terminology and concepts related to data communication, computer networks, and Internet. This is an introductory course and is targeted at advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students who have little or no background in the subject. The course will be focusing on principles and concepts rather than covering specific technology or software - technology and software may become obsolete in one to two years, but the principles will remain. As such, the coverage of this course is on breadth, not depth. In this course, the students will be faced with a plethora of new terms and jargons. The students will spend much of the time becoming accustomed to using proper terms. At the end of the course, students will be expected to master the terminology and basic concepts, but they are not expected to know the engineering details of any technology.

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Assignments

ASSIGNMENTS AND PROJECTS: Late assignments (hardcopy or softcopy) will receive 10 deduction points for each late day, including weekends. All assignments require hardcopy submissions, unless otherwise instructed. All hardcopy submissions must be stapled and have a cover sheet, otherwise they will not be accepted. Please avoid printing your homework when class starts!

BLOGS: Each individual student is required to have at least four article summery entries into the class Group Discussion. Each entry must describe the main point of the article/news along with proper citation.

DISCUSSION GROUP: Students are highly encouraged to use the discussion group to discuss (Group Discussion) class assignments and projects. Each student is required to register for the discussion group and log on using his/her first and last name (e.g., Cesar Chavez or Angela Davis).

SIMULATION ASSIGNMENTs: All students are expected to become skilled and comfortable with the following software: MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Dia and Visio. In addition all students are expected to master NetSim. NetSim is available in the lab. Throughout this course students will also be introduced to various new software tools such as LABVIEW(TCP/IP), MATLAB, WIRESHARK (Wiki), etc. Students are also expected to know a little about C programming. Many of assignments require usage of these tools and programs. Students are responsible to spent sufficient time learning about these tools. Students are also responsible to download and install software tools. Students are strongly encouraged to use the Discussion Group to resolved issues and problems collectively.

LABS : Lab report is required for practical labs in the lab. Each team must answer all the questions in lab report and turn it in. In addition, after each lab deadline students are required to take a short quiz to make sure they have understood the basic ideas in the lab. All labs can be accessed from Lab Assignments (Dr. Kujoory). All labs must be started during designated lab time unless other arrangements are made.

LECTURE SERIES: It is highly advised that all students to participate in Lecture Series at Sonoma. Please have a faculty sign the Signup sheet every time you attend the talk. By attending all SIX talks you will receive ONE quiz grade. There will be no partial credit.

QUIZ: There will be a number of quizzes during the semester. The purpose of the quizzes is to ensure that students keep up with the readings. The scope of each quiz will be fairly narrow. To be prepared for the quiz, you need to read and understand the chapters (i.e., concepts, models, and frameworks) assigned for that class. I will drop the lowest quiz grade. The format of the quizzes will be simple, short questions or multiple-choice questions. Most of the quizzes will last about 10 minutes and will be conducted at the beginning of the class. PLEASE DON'T BE LATE.

EXAMS: Exams will consist of problems designed to test your understanding of the concepts covered in class and lab. Anyone missing an exam will receive a zero grade for that exam. Make-up exams will only be given with a doctor's slip stating that you were too ill on the day of the exam to attend; or documented extraordinary circumstances.

PROJECT: All projects must be approved first. Final projects must be completed individually. Check my web page for some suggested topics. Choose a topic that interests you and you would like to explore. In your paper, you should demonstrate an ability to discuss the problem, explore the motivation, and clearly describe the solution. Here are some example projects from previous courses. For more ideas refer to the web page.

You receive several different grades for your final project and your final grade will be the sum of those grades:

Submission	Grade
Abstract Submission  must include the title and highlights of the final paper	1%
First Prototype must be submitted with a Progress Report (slides)	2%
Peer review: Each student is assigned to review two projects. You must show your project to reviewers and explain what you are planning to achieve. Each reviewer must write one page and provide some feedback for your project.	2%
Final prototype must be submitted along with a Final Report (slides)/ Prototype must be functional	5%
Total	10%

Abstract submission: The first abstract submission must include the title, a brief overview of the project (along with a diagram), and a list of component.

First prototype: The first prototype will be graded based on its technical content and progress in general treatment of the topic.

Grading the final prototype: The final prototype must function as described in the abstract. There will be no Incomplete grade for projects. Partially working projects will receive no grades.

Note to Graduate Students: All graduate students participating in this course are expected to perform extra work in project and laboratory assignments. All projects mast receive approval prior to submission of the abstract!

SUMMARY

Each student’s final grade will be calculated according to the Grading Plan mentioned above. Please note the following:

1. All assignments must be submitted at the beginning of the class. They must be stapled and have a cover sheet.
2. Late assignments (hardcopy or softcopy) will receive 10 deduction points for each late day, including weekends.
3. There will be no curving (89.2 is still a B+).
4. There will be no make-ups (e.g., tests, presentations, articles, quiz).
5. Please arrive to the classroom on time.
6. You must be present for all the labs unless prior arrangements are made
7. Signup for the discussion group.
8. No eating or drinking is allowed in the lab! 
9. Remember: T 6-8:50 pm – Lab / TH 6-7:50 pm – Lecture
10. Pay attention to the lab makeup time
11. Pay attention to deadlines (e.g., abstract, tests, presentations, articles)

NOTE: No Late submissions (except homework assignments) will be accepted. Late articles, abstract, research paper, project, lab report, etc. will not be accepted under any circumstances. If you do not submit the assignment at the beginning of the class, it is considered to be late submission!

Tentative Reading Assignments Based on Fifth Edition:

Reading	portions of textbook for you to read
Part I	Introductory
Chapters 1^*	Introduction and Overview	all
Chapter 2^*	Internet Trends	all
Chapter 3^*	Internet Applications and Network Programming	3.1-12, 3.13-22
Chapter 4	Traditional Internet Applications	4.1-4.10 (web) 4.12-4.15 (mail) 4.17-4.25 (name)
Part II	Data Communication Basics
Chapter 5^*	Overview of Data Communications	all
Chapter 6^*	Information Sources and Signals	6.1-17
Chapter 7^*	Transmission Media	7.1-10,7.19
Chapter 8^*	Reliability and Channel Coding	8.1-7,8.12
Chapter 9	Transmission Modes
Chapter 10	Modulation and Modems
Chapter 11	Multiplexing and Demultiplexing (Channelization)
Chapter 12^*	Access and Interconnection Technologies	12.1-19
Part III	Packet-switching/Network Technologies
Chapter 13^*	Local Area Networks: Packets, Frames, and Topologies	13.1-12
Chapter 14	The IEEE MAC Sub-layer
Chapter 15^*	Wired LAN Technology (Ethernet and 802.3)	all
Chapter 16	Wireless Networking Technologies	16.1-5, 16.8-10, 16.12, 16.15-16
Chapter 17	LAN Extensions: Fiber Modems, Repeaters, Bridges, Switches	17.1, 17.4-17.7, 17.9
Chapter 18	WAN Technologies and Dynamic Routing
Chapter 19	Networking Technologies Past and Present
Part IV	Internetworking
Chapter 20^*	Internetworking Concepts	all
Chapter 21^*	IP: Internet Addressing	all
Chapter 22^*	Datagram Forwarding	all
Chapter 23^*	Support Protocols and Technologies (arp, icmp, dhcp, nat)	all
Chapter 24	The Future IP (IPv6)
Chapter 25	UDP: Datagram Transport Service	all
Chapter 26	TCP: Reliable Transport Service	26.1-4, 26.12 (full coverage in later course)
Chapter 27	Internet Routing and Routing Protocols
Part V	Other Networking Concepts & Technologies
Chapter 28	Network Performance (QoS and DiffServ)
Chapter 29	Multimedia and IP Telephony (VoIP)
Chapter 30	Network Security
Chapter 31	Network Management (SNMP)
Chapter 32	Trends in Networking Technologies and Uses	all

Wk	Date	Topic/Unit	Lab Assignments (Dr. Kujoory)
1	Aug.25	Welcome / Introduction / Don't forget: Lecture Series at Sonoma - Signup sheet
2	Aug.30&1
3	Sep.6&8		Basic Lab
4	Sep.13&15	Quiz / Sep 16. Sustainability and “the good company” by Dr. Girling
5	Sep.20&22	Article 1 is due
6	Sep.27&29	Quiz	VLAN
7	Oct.4&6		Submit abstract
8	Oct.11&13	Quiz / Oct.13 Joint class: Sensor Networks
9	Oct.18&20	Midterm Exam. / Article 2 is due	IP LAN
10	Oct.25&27
11	Nov.1&3	Quiz
12	Nov.8&10	Article 3 is due	RIP
13	Nov.15&17	Quiz	Submit first prototype
14	Nov.22&24	Thanksgiving holiday for Students / No classes; University closed
15	Nov.29&1	Quiz / Article 4 is due	OSPI
16	Dec.5&8	Final Exam
17	Dec.13	Project Presentation – long class!