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School of Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

 

Computer Networks – Course Guide                                                                                                                                   

EECE 470                                                                                  

 

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1. Course Details:

 

Course Title:

Computer Networks

Level

Seniors

Course Reference

EECE 470

Lectures

SMW 01:00 p.m. - 01:50 p.m.

Pre-requisite

MATH 335

Room

Q 109

Office Hours

TBA

Student Study Hours Per Week

9

Contact Hours Per Week

3

Private Study Hours Per Week

6

Year and Semester

2008 - 2009 Fall

Lecturer

Dr. I. Damaj

Contact Details

i_damaj[@]du.edu.om - Remove the brackets [ ]

Summary of Assessment Method

Quizzes, pop quizzes, assignments, term paper and presentation, and a final exam

 

Links

http://academics.idamaj.net

Textbook

Computer Networks, 4/E

Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ISBN: 0-13-066102-3
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Copyright: 2003

 

 

2. Aims of the Course:

 

The purpose of this course is to introduce senior students to the principles and applications of computer networks. This area has been witnessing huge advancement, especially in wireless networks, 2G and 3G cellular networks, Bluetooth, WAP and others. This course introduces the use of computer networks, networking hardware and software. This course also covers the physical, data link, network, transport, introduction to TCP/IP protocol suite and the application layers. Network security is to be covered in this course emphasizing the role of cryptography and web security.

 

3. Short Description:

 

This course is of 8 chapters divided into 15 weeks. The student should be aware of the importance of revising the material synchronously with the lectures. Prerequisites of this course include basic knowledge in computer hardware, and a programming language like C, C++, or JAVA. The assessment is done by 2 quizzes (weeks 8 and 12), and a final exam.

 

4. Schedule:

 

Details:

Topic

Chapter No.

Assessment

Week 1

Introduction to Computer Networks

1

 

Week 2

The Physical Layer

2

 

Week 3 –  5

The Data Link Layer

3

 

Weeks 5 – 7

The Medium Access Sublayer

4

 Quiz I (Week 7)

Weeks 8 – 10

The Network Layer

5

 

Week 11

The Transport Layer

6

 

Weeks 12 – 13 

The Application Layer

7

Quiz II (Week 12)

Term Paper Due

Weeks 13 – 15

Network Security

8

  

 

 

5. Assessment of the Course:

 

Attendance

 %5

Pop quizzes, assignments, and term paper

%15

Quiz I

%25

Quiz II

%25

Final

%30

 

Announcements
 
[Dec 29, 2008] Chapters 5, 6, and 7 are posted.
 
[Nov 30, 2008] Chapter 4 is posted.
 
[Nov 1, 2008] Chapter 3 is posted.
 
[Oct 15, 2008] Chapter 2 is posted.
 
[Sep 15, 2008] Chapter 1 is posted.
 
[Sep 13, 2008] Welcome to course website.
 
[Dec 28, 2007] Chapters 5 and 6 are posted.
Dec 1, 2007] Chapter 4 is posted.
 
[Nov 11, 2007] Quiz I is on Thursday, 15 November, 2007 in the engineering building. Exam rooms are to be announced.
 
[Nov 11, 2007] Chapter 3 is posted.
 
[Oct 19, 2007] Chapter 2 is posted.