MIME-Version: 1.0 Server: CERN/3.0 Date: Wednesday, 20-Nov-96 22:07:46 GMT Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 13125 Last-Modified: Wednesday, 18-Sep-96 19:21:11 GMT CS 560 Syllabus - Winter '95

CS 560 - Computer Networks

Winter 96 - MWF 1:00-1:50pm, 120 TMCB

Professor: Mark Clement , 3372 TMCB, x7608

Office Hours: MWF 11:00-12:00 or by appointment

TA: Linus Kwong M-F 11:00-1:00pm

Goals: This class will examine high bit-rate networks and their applications. We will be focusing on fiber optic Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks and the protocols which enable their use for telephony and lan traffic. A large part of the grade in the class will be based on lab projects associated with building a protocol stack on top of ATM. We will also attempt to predict usage models for networks in the year 2010 and analyze technology for this new era of networked computing.

Text: David McDysan, "ATM Theory and Application" augmented by papers given out during the semester.

Prerequisites: CS460, Unix network programming experience.

Newsgroup: The newsgroup byu.class.cs560 contains questions and answers to many common questions. The TA would like to have you post questions there first.

Grade breakdown

Homework 10%
7 Labs   40%
         Lab 1            Socket Switch
         Lab 2            Cells
         Lab 3            Signalling
	 Lab 4            Congestion
	 Lab 5            APIs
	 Lab 6            NIST Simulator
Project  10%
Midterm  20%
Final    20%

You can get a CID Number and check your scores online.

Grading

A      93.3-100%      B-      80.0-83.3%     D+     66.7-70.0% 
A-     90.0-93.3%     C+      76.7-80.0%     D      63.3-66.7%
B+     86.7-90.0%     C       73.3-76.7%     D-     60.0-63.3%
B      83.3-86.7%     C-      70.0-73.3%     E      00.0-60.0%
Late Policy
All labs must be fully functional in order to get any credit. Late labs will have 30% of the points deducted plus 20% for each week they are overdue. A lab that is 7 days late will receive 50% credit, 14 days = 30% credit, 21 days = 10% credit. Since the labs build on each other it is to your advantage to turn them in on time.

Projects
The last four weeks of class will be spent on a moderate sized research project . You may work in groups or seperately on the class project.

Expectations


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