CIS 677: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER NETWORKING

Data communications, network architectures, communication protocols, data link control, medium access control; introduction to local area networks, metropolitan area networks, and wide area networks; introduction to Internet and TCP/IP (OSU Bulletin, OSU Schedule)

TEXT

W. Stallings, Data and Computer Communications, Fifth Edition, Macmillan Publishing, 1997. (The course will follow the text very closely. The lectures will discuss major issues, and the students are responsible to read the details from the text.)

Course notes -- pointers -- 1st exam -- 2nd exam

PRE-REQUISITES Physics 112 or 132, CIS 360 and 459.21.

GRADING POLICY

• 34% Homework (3 labs)
• 66% 3 quizes (Mo, April 20; Mo, May 11; We, June 3)

1. The exams will be with open notes and open books (but extreme time limits).
2. No homework will be accepted after the end of class on due date.
3. Exceptions to the above dates of exams must be arranged with the instructor during the first week of the quarter.
4. Do not turn assignments in my office or mailbox.

INSTRUCTOR Eitan Gurari, Dreese 495, 292-3083; email: gurari@cis.ohio-state.edu; office hours: MF, 12:30-1:20, and by appointment

GRADER Arian Durresi, Dreese 299, 688-5610, email: durresi@cis.ohio-state.edu. Office Hours: MW 1-2PM, and by appointment.

Labs	#1 (due Fr, May 1) Interlayer Communication
	#2 (due Fr, May 15) Sliding Window Protocol and Go-back-N ARQ
	#3 (due Fr, May 29) CSMA/CD Media Access Control, Ethernet (IEEE 802.3)