INFS 612: Data Communication and Distributed Processing

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Instructor

Mohamed Sharif, PhD
E-mail: msherif@gmu.edu
Home: 703.437.1556

Mobile: 301.674.0973

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Teaching Assistant
 NAGINI KODUKULA 
 Email id: nkodukul@gmu.edu

Office hours: Wednesday 3pm to 5pm and Friday 3pm to 4pm in ST-II RM335

WebSite : http://mason.gmu.edu/~nkodukul/TA.html

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Prerequisites

· INFS 501, 515 and 590 or equivalent and some programming experience.

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Course Material

• Course Text (required) 1 : Computer Networking, 3/e by Jim F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross (ISBN 0-321-22735-2) published by Addision-Wesley
• Reference : Effective TCP/IP Programming: 44 Tips to Improve Your Network Programs by Jon C. Snader
• Alternative Reference 1: Computer Networks and Internets by Douglas Comer (3rd edition)
• Alternative Reference 2: Computer Networks, 4/E by Andrew Tanenbaum
• Alternative Reference 3: Data and Computer Communication, by William Stallings. (6th edition)
• Some helpful Links: Material available at the Companion site by Stallings.

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Grading policy

• Weights: five HW assignments 15%, 4 Quizzes 15%, Midterm Exam 30%, Final exam 40%.
• Late Submissions: Discouraged but allowed under exceptional circumstances with prior approval of the instructor.
• Incompletes: No Incompletes will be given. Except extreme case
• Honor Code Violations: All violators will be reported under all circumstances, and results in a course grade of F, in addition to any other penalties imposed by the university and/or the ISE department.
• Two students submitting a common or significantly similar copy of homework is an honor code violation.

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Course Administration

• Class Meetings: Monday 07:20 – 10:00 PM in Enterprise Hall RM 278
• Instructor Office Hours: Monday 05:30 – 07:00 PM Rm 348 or 335 ST2 or by appointment
• Examinations & quizzes: All Examinations & quizzes are in class, individual (no collaborations), closed book, neighbor and notes.

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Announcements: Solutions to the homework problems are hosted at TA’s website or by clicking on this link Homework Solutions

Due to the Columbus Holiday, Monday October 9^th’s class will meet Tuesday October 10^th. For more information please consult the schedule of classes

No Class on Monday the 23^rd of October

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Additional Handout

· Protocol Model

· FTP

· DNS Overview

· Socket

· ASCII

· Transport Protocol Ports

· Internetworking Product

· Internet Security Overview

· Voice Network Overview

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Approximate Course Schedule

Date	Topic	Readings from Kurose and Ross	Giving Out	Due in Class
Week 1 Aug 28	Introduction and Terminology	Ch 1	Homework 1
Week 2 Sep 4	No Class Labor Day
Week 3 Sep 11	Application Layer	Ch2	Homework 2
Week 4 Sep 18	Application Layer	Ch 2	Quiz 1	Homework 1
Week 5 Sep 25	Transport Layer	Ch 3	Homework 3	Homework 2
Week 6 Oct 2	Transport Layer	Ch 3	Quiz 2
Week 7 Oct 10	Network Layer	Ch 3	Homework 4	Homework 3
Week 8 Oct 16	Midterm	Ch4	Midterm
Week 9 Oct 23	No Class
Week 10 Oct 30	Network Layer	Ch4
Week 11 Nov 6	Link Layer & LAN	Ch 5	Homework 5	Homework 4
Week 12 Nov 13	Link Layer & LAN	Ch 5	Quiz 3
Week 13 Nov 20	Network Security	Ch 8	Homework 6	Homework 5
Week 14 Nov 27	Network Security	Ch 8
Week 15 Dec 4	Wireless	Ch 6	Quiz 4	Homework 6
Week 16 Dec 11	Voice Network	Handout / Ch 7
Week 17 Dec 18	Final