COURSES

ECE 5535 COMPUTER NETWORKS 2 (3 credits). A continuation of ECE 5534 to include the following computer network design and analysis topics: network security, network management, distributed network environment, bridges, routers, gateways, congestion control, ATM, application program interface, multimedia and network applications. (Prerequisite: ECE 5534.)

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

PREREQUISITE:

ECE 5534 Computer Networks 1 or CSE 5231 Computer Networks.

INTRODUCTION

Network Hardware and Software

The OSI Reference Model

The TCP/IP Reference Model and The Internet

Wireless Networks, DSL and ATM

THE NETWORK LAYER

            Routing Algorithms

            Congestion Control Algorithms

            Quality of Service

            Internetworking

            The Network Layer in the Internet

THE TRANSPORT LAYER

            The Transport Service

            Elements of Transport Protocols

            A Simple Transport Protocol

The Internet Transport protocols (TCP and UDP)

Performance Issues

THE APPLICATION LAYER

            Network Security

                        Traditional Cryptography

                        Two Fundamental Cryptographic Principles

                        Secret-Key Algorithms

                        Public-Key Algorithms

                        Digital Signatures

                        Social Issues

            DNS—Domain Name System

            The World Wide Web

            Multimedia

            Network Management Protocols

TEXTBOOK:

Andrew S. Tanenbaum, "Computer Networks", Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall 2003 (ISBN 0-13-066102-3

REFERENCES:

J. F. Kurose and K. W. Ross, “Computer Networking A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet,” Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 2003 (ISBN 0-201-97699-4).

Uyless Black, "IP Routing Protocols RIP, OSPF, FGP, PNNI & CISCO Routing Protocols," Prentice Hall PTR, 2001 (ISBN 0-13-014248-4).

T. Lee and J. Davies,”Windows 2000 TCP/IP Protocols ans Services Technical Refeence,”  Microsoft Press 2000 (ISBN 0-7356-05564-4).

B.A. Forouzan, C. Coombs and S. C. Fegan, "Data Communications and Networking," Third Edition, McGraw Hill, 2004.

Cisco Systems, “CCNP Cisco Networking Academy Program: Multilayer Switching Companion Guide,” Cisco Press, 2003 (ISBN 1-58713-033-5).

K. Pahlavan and P. Krishnamurthy, “Principles of Wireless Networks,” Prentice Hall, 2002 (ISBN 0-13-093003-2).

John W. Stewart III, "BGP4 Inter-Domain Routing in the Internet," Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1999.

Uyless Black, "ATM  volume II, Signaling in Broadband Networks," Prentice Hall,1998 (ISBN 0-13-571837-6).

                                It explains Signaling System Number & (SS7) architecture.

John E. Canavan, "Fundamentals of Network Security," Aetech House Publishers, 2001 (ISBN 1-58053-176-8).

Paul E. Proctor, "The Practical Intrusion Detection Hand Book," Prentice Hall PTR, 2001 (ISBN 0-13-025960-8).

Steve Wisniewski, "Network Administration," Prentice Hall PTR, 2001 (ISBN 1-13-015882-8).

William Stallings, "Network Security Essentials applications and Standards," Prentice Hall PTR, 2001 (ISBN 0-13-016093-8).

Irene Katzela, "Modeling and Simulating Communications Networks A Hands-On Approach Using OPNET," Prentice Hall PTR, 1998 (ISBN 0-13-915737-9).

E. J. Mastascusa, "Computer-Assisted Network and System Analysis," John Wiley & sons, Inc., 2000 (ISBN 0-471-60502-6).

T. D. Pardoe and G. F. Snyder, Jr. “Network Security,” Thomson Delmar Learning, 2005 (ISBN-1-4018-8214-5).