CS218A Winter 1999

Course: Advanced Computer Networks 

Instructor: M. Gerla
 3732H BH, 825-2660

Office Hours: M-W 2-3 or by appointment

Textbooks

Recommended: P. Green, "Fiber Optic Networks", Prentice Hall, 1992.
Recommended: S. Keshav, "An Engineering Approach to Computer Networking", Addison
Wesley, 1997.
Recommended: D.E. Comer, "Internetworking with TCP/IP", Vol. I, Prentice Hall, Second
Edition, 1990.
Recommended: D. J. Goodman, "Wireless Personal Communications", Addison Wesley,
1997.
Recommended: C. Partridge, "Gigabit Networking", Addison Wesley, 1993.
Recommended: A. S. Tanenbaum, "Computer Networks" Prentice Hall, 1981. 

Related Literature:

 IEEE Transactions on Communications
 IEEE Transactions on Networks
 Computer Network and ISDN Systems Journal
 IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communications
 Performance Evaluation Journal
 ACM Communications
 Globecom Proceedings
 Infocom Proceedings
 ICC Proceedings
 ICCC Proceedings
 IFIP Proceedings
 Int. Switching Symposium Proceedings
 ACM Sigcomm. Proceedings
 ACM Sigmetrics Proceedings
 IEEE Transactions on Lightwave Technology
 IEEE Communications Magazine
 IEEE Personal Communications Magazine
 IEEE Networks Magazine
 Networks Journal
 Telecommunications Systems Journal
 Internetworking Journal 
 Computer Communications Journal

Prerequisites

CS 118; CS 112; or equivalent

Purpose and Content of the Course

The main purpose of the course is to present advanced topics in data communications which are the
subject of current research. The course is organized in three parts. 
Part I is dedicated to high speed networks (LANs and WANs). Main focus is on MAC, link,   
and network layers. The material is taken from the book by
Keshav and Green (optical components and networks) as well
as from recent journal and conference articles. Part II covers the area of wireless networks.
Main topics are cellular radio and ad hoc radio nets. The material is drawn from D.
Goodman's book and from journal articles. Part III deals with internetting. 
The main strategy addressed here is TCP/IP. The coverage follows the reference
textbooks by Comer, as well as recently published papers.

As part of the course, students will carry out a project of their choice, relevant to the
topics covered in class. The project will consist in the implementation (via simulation
or via coding on an actual testbed) of a protocol or control scheme,  and in
its evaluation. Recommended simulation languages are NS and Parsec. Execution of measurements
on an existing system and interpretation of measurement results is also an acceptable option. 
A term paper describing the results of the implementation/experiment will be prepared
and turned in during finals week. Also, a class presentation will be delivered at the
end of the course.

Course Outline


I. High Speed Networks
       LANs (Fast E-net; Giga-Enet; Myrinet)
       ATM (protocol layers, routing, congestion control, bdw allocation)
       All Optical Networks (single hop; multi hop)

II. Wireless Networks
       Cellular Systems (AMPS, TDMA, CDMA, Wireless ATM, 3rd Generation)
       Packet Radio Networks; ad hoc networks (wireless LANs,etc)

III. Internetting
       TCP/IP Internet (routing, multicast, scheduling, cong. control)



Grading


 Class Participation        5%
 Homework and quizzes      15%
 Midterm                   30% 
 Term Project/Presentation 50%