This course is primarily open for the students of department of computer science. If any sutdents from outside department would like to select this course please check with me.

The major contents of this course are introducing the Internet TCP/IP communicaitons protocols plus some data communication concepts. So students will learn the computer networks in a very perspective way instead of operations level. There is a group project for students to run and the final on-site test will be scheduled at the end of the semester.

Prerequisite: UNIX and Operating Systems

2005 Spring Class Syllabus

2005 Class Slides

Textbook: Computer Networks: A System Approach

Larry L. Peterson & Bruce S. Davie

Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 3rd Edition, 2003.

Reference: Data and Computer Communication

William Stallings

Prentice Hall, 7th Edition, 2003

Reference: Computer Networks

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Prentice Hall, 4th Edition, 2002