1. Course Details

  • Level: Seniors
  • Prerequisite: MATH 335
  • Lecture Times:  SMW 01:00 p.m. - 01:50 p.m.
  • Room:  Q 109
  • Office Hours: TBA
  • Student Study Hours Per Week: 9
  • Contact Hours Per Week: 3
  • Private Study Hours Per Week: 6
  • AY / Semester:  2008– 2009 / Fall
  • Professor:  Dr. I. Damaj
  • Contact Details: i_damaj@du.edu.om
  • Professor's Website: http://www.idamaj.net
  • Summary of Assessment Method:  Quizzes, pop quizzes, assignments, project and presentation, and a final exam
  • Software Packages: MultiSim, Quartus II.
  • 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.

Details Topic Chapter No. Assessment
Week 1 Introduction to Computer Networks 1
Week 2 The Physical Layer 2
Weeks 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, tutorials, and project 15%
Quiz I 25%
Quiz II 25%
Final 30%

[Dec 29, 2008] Chapters 5, 6 and 7 are posted.

[Nov 30, 2008] Chapters 4 is posted

[Nov 1, 2008] Chapters 3 is posted.

[Oct 15, 2008] Chapters 2 is posted.

[Sep 15, 2008] Chapters 1 is posted.

[Sep 13, 2008] Welcome to course website.


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