Description: This course introduces the concepts and principles
of data communications and computer networking. Topics covered include
the ISO seven-layer model, data transmission over wires and wireless links,
data encoding, data link control, multiplexing, local and wide area networks,
network topologies, routing, bridges and gateways, circuit switching, packet
switching, frame relay, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), ISDN, and communications
reliability and security.
Time and Location: WF 1:15-2:30, Walsh 498.
Professor: Dorothy E. Denning, denning@cs.georgetown.edu, Reiss 225, 687-5703.
Text: William Stallings, Data and Computer Communications, 5th ed., Prentice-Hall, 1997. Text web page: http://www1.shore.net/~ws/DCC5e.html
Course Web page: http://www.cs.georgetown.edu/~denning/cosc390
Midterm: Friday, October 16 (tentative). This counts 20% of your grade.
Final: Wednesday, December 16, 4:00-6:00 PM in Walsh 498. This counts 30% of your grade. It is cumulative.
Project: Due Wednesday, December 2. These will be presented in class that week. You are encouraged to work in groups. This counts 25% of your grade.
Homework: There will be weekly homework assignments. We will go over them in class on the due date, so they must be done in time and brought to class to get credit. You may work with other students on the homework, but you must turn in your own paper. Homework and participation in class counts 25% of your grade.