Computer Science and Engineering
SUNY at Buffalo

CSE 489/589: Modern Networking Concepts

Instructor: Hung Q. Ngo
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Fall 2009

MWF, 11:00-11:50
322 Clemen (map)


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Brief Course Description

This course introduces basic elements of modern computer and telecommunication networks. A hybrid five-layer reference model resembling the popular TCP/IP model will be discussed. In each layer, the state-of-the-art hardware and software technologies are introduced. These include, for example, Fiber-optic and Mobile/Cellular communications in the Physical Layer; Wavelength/Time Division Multiple Access Protocols in the Data Link Layer; Unicast and Multicast protocols in the Network Layer; TCP/UDP and ATM Adaptation Layer Protocols in the Transport Layer; and Network Security in the Application Layer.
Prerequisites

basic C programming in the Unix environment, elementary probability, statistics, computer architecture, basic knowledge on the Unix operating system (processes, file IO), elementary data structures and algorithms (stacks, queues)

Teaching staff and related info
  • Instructor
    • Hung Q. Ngo ( hungngo [at] cse )
    • Office Hours: Wed & Fri 9:30-10:30am
  • Teaching assistants
    • Ms. Thanh-Nhan Nguyen ( nguyen9 [at] buffalo ). 
      • Office hours: Tue & Thu 1-2pm
    • Mr. Achint Thomas ( aothomas [at] buffalo ). 
      • Office hours: 11am-12pm, Tue
Kurose-Ross Book

Required Textbook

James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 5/e, ISBN: 0-13-607967-9, Pearson Addison-Wesley.
Reference books: it would be very helpful for the programming assignments if you have Stevens' "Unix Network Programming".
  • W. Richard Stevens, "UNIX Network Programming : Networking APIs : Sockets and XTI : Volume 1, Second Edition ", Prentice Hall, Oct 1997, ISBN: 013490012X.
  • W. Richard Stevens, "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Evironment," Addison-Wesley, 1992, ISBN 0-201-56317-7.
  • Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, 4th edition, The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking.
  • Andrew Tanenbaum, Computer Networks Prentice Hall PTR; 4 edition (August 9, 2002), 912pp.
  • Douglas E. Comer, "Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume 1: Principles, Protocols, and Architectures, Fourth Edition 4TH ", Prentice Hall, Feb 2000, ISBN: 0130183806
  • Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu, " DNS and BIND " , O'Reilly & Associates, May 2001
  • Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford, " Practical UNIX and Internet Security ", O'Reilly & Associates, October 1995
  • Leonard Kleinrock, " Queueing Systems: Theory, Vol. 1 ", Wiley, John & Sons, January 1975
  • Leonard Kleinrock (Editor) " Queueing Systems Volume 2: Computer Applications ", Wiley, John & Sons, April 1976
  • W. Richard Stevens and Gary R. Wright, "The TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols", Addison Wesley Longman, Dec 1993, ISBN: 0201633469
  • W. Richard Stevens and Gary R. Wright, "The TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2: The Implementation", Addison Wesley Longman, Jan 1995, ISBN: 020163354X
  • Morris H. DeGroot, Mark J. Schervish, "Probability and Statistics", Addison Wesley; 3 edition (October 10, 2001), 816pp.
  • Rick Durrett, "Essentials of stochastic processes", Springer; 1 edition (July 30, 1999), 281pp.
  • Ronald W. Wolff, "Stochastic modeling and the theory of queues", Prentice Hall (January 31, 1989), 560pp