Internetworks
Course EE403B, EE3INW
Keith Blow
Syllabus for EE403B and EE3INW
Lecture 1:- Overview
Lecture 2:- Protocol Stacks
Lecture
3:- Switching
No longer part of the course but left here for
background interest.
Lecture 4:- Data Link Layer(1), Error Control and Framing
CRC additional material showing polynomial and bit representation division being used to generate a checksum
Excel spreadsheet with model of CRC coding and decoding in a shift register
Lecture 5:- Data Link Layer(2), Protocols
Lecture 6:- MAC Sublayer
Lecture 7:- Repeaters and Bridges
Workshop 1:- Workshop where we can go over material already covered and discuss some of the problems in the sample problems sheet.
Mini problems based on the first part of the course and their answers.
Lecture 8:- Network Layer(1), Routing
Lecture 9:- Network Layer(2), Congestion and Flow Control
Excel spreadsheet demonstrating the memory function used in congestion control.
Lecture 10:- Internetworking
Lecture 11:- Transport Layer(1), Overview
Lecture 12:- Transport Layer(2), TCP and UDP
Excel spreadsheet showing the slow start algorithm in operation.
Lecture
13:- Network Performance
No longer part of the course but left here for interest.
Lecture 14:- Security
Excel spreadsheet showing some more details of the RSA cipher example.
Lecture 15:- DNS and SNMP
Example file of DNS resource records
Mini problems based on the second part of the course and their answers.
Workshop 2:- Final chance to review matrial from the course and look at the second example problem set.
Workshop 3:- A look at previous exam questions. Note that these are usually constructed from several mini problems.
Assignments
The RFC system report is common to both EE403B and to EE3INW.
The introductory laboratory material for NS is common to EE403B and EE3INW but the laboratory assessments are different.
FeedbackFeedback will be available here one week after the submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted after the feedback is published.
RFC system
coursework file:- I recommend you read RFC 1288 as a simple example, the finger protocol, before starting the coursework. It would also be a good idea to do it toward the end of the lectures.
Feedback on the RFC coursework. (Available one week after the final submission deadline.)
NS Laboratory
Laboratory Assessment Deadlines
The actual deadline will depend on which laboratory group you are in. In all cases the deadline is 5pm on the day of the final laboratory session. If multiple class groups are running this may not be your final laboratory session.
Feedback on the EE3INW NS2 lab coursework. (Available one week after the final submission deadline.)
Feedback on the EE403B NS2 lab coursework. (Available one week after the final submission deadline.)
Exam Questions
The exam format for 2011/12 will be the same as last year but short question parts on ATM will be replaced by question parts on the Advanced Optical Networks lectures. After 2009, there will be a small change in the Masters exam paper: There will no longer be a single question on ATM. The questions regarding ATM will now be part of the overall exam paper questions.B Level 2003 Note the format has now changed from that of earlier B level exams. The questions require less detail but you have to answer ALL of them.