INFS 612: Data Communication and Distributed Processing

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

Mobile: 301.674.0973

Teaching Assistant:

Alaa El Masri
Office hours: By Appointment or Tuesday from 4:30 - 6:30,
Email: aelmasri@gmu.edu

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

· The course has an individual project (not a group project) using socket libraries, aid students are expected to be able to program on their own.

· The objective of the project is for students to be introduced to network programming.

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
Course Text (optional) 2 : 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.

Weights: 5 HW assignments 10%, 5 Quizzes 20%, Midterm Exams 30%, Final exam 40%.
No quiz or exam make up will be given
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 a honor code violation.

Class Meetings: Thursday 07:20 – 10:00 PM in Robinson Hall RM B220
Instructor Office Hours: Thursday 05:30 – 07:00 PM Rm 335 ST2 or by appointement
Examinations: All Examinations are in class, individual (no collaborations), closed book, neighbor and notes.

Approximate Course Schedule

Date	Topic	Readings from Kurose and Ross	Giving Out	Due in Class
Week 1 Jan 25	Introduction and Terminology	Ch 1	Homework 1
Week 2 Feb 01	Application Layer protocols	Ch2	Homework 2
Week 3 Feb 08	Application Layer protocols	Ch 2	Quiz 1	Homework 1
Week 4 Feb 15	Transport Layer	Ch 3	Homework 3
Week 5 Feb 22	Transport Layer	Ch 3	Quiz 2	Homework 2
Week 6 Mar 01	Network Layer	Ch 4	Homework 4
Week 7 Mar 08	Network Layer	Ch 4		Homework 3
Week 8 Mar 15	Spring Break (No Class)
Week 9 Mar 22	MidTerm Network Layer	Ch 4
Week 10 Mar 29	Network Layer & Link Layer & LAN	Ch 4, Ch 5	Quiz 3 Homework 5
Week 11 Apr 05	Link Layer & LAN	Ch 5		Homework 4
Week 12 Apr 12	Network Security	Ch 8	Quiz 4 Homework 6
Week 13 Apr 19	Network Security	Ch 8		Homework 5
Week 14 Apr 26	Wireless Network	Ch 6	Quiz 5 Homework 7
Week 15 May 03	Voice Network Overview	Handout		Homework 6 & 7
Week 16 May 10	Final