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Computer Networking - 2011/2012, Semester 1

The course descriptors (Level 10)(INFR10011) (Level 11)(INFR11049) outline the syllabus, activities and course prerequisites.

Lecturers: D K Arvind and Mahesh Marina (Office hours: By appointment).

Lectures are on
Mondays at 10.00-10.50 in 7 Bristo Square, Lecture Theatre 1
Thursdays at 10.00-10.50 in 7 Bristo Square, Lecture Theatre 1

There are no tutorials for CN. 

Teaching Assistant: Valentin Radu (Office hours: By appointment).

Secretary (for course administration matters): Kate Weston

Mailing Lists: cn-4-students@inf.ed.ac.uk and cn-5-students@inf.ed.ac.uk

Announcements: NO LECTURE ON MONDAY, 14 NOVEMBER

Coursework Assignment 1: Issued on 19 September 2011. Submission deadline of printed version of the report to the ITO at 4.00 pm on 20 October 2011. A PDF electronic version of the report should be emailed to dka@inf.ed.ac.uk with "CN Assignment" in the subject line of the email. Assignment 2 (Issued on 28 Oct 2011; Due by 4pm on Mon, 28 Nov 2011)

Schedule Weeks Lecture Topic 1  Introduction and Overview Computer Networking - Assignment 1 2  Layered Network Architectures 3  Transport Layer Protocols TCP/UDP Automatic Repeat Request 4  The Network Layer: Forwarding, Routing, IP and Internet Routing Protocols  Network Management by Stuart Johnston 5  Traffic Management and Congestion Control  Personal Area Networks - Bluetooth, ZigBee, UWB 6 Introduction to Wireless Networks 6-7 Tutorial on Wireless Communications 8-9 802.11 Wireless Networks 9-10 RFID 10-11 Cellular Networks

Reading material

Recent past examination papers and sample solutions can be found in the School archive.

D K Arvind, dkaAT inf DOT ed DOT ac DOT uk, Room 2.18, Informatics Forum, 10 Crichton Street, ext. 505176

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