Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Department: Management Information Systems
MIS 204 Computer Networks (3 0 3)
Syllabus
Description: This course introduces basic computer network topics in the 4-year
undergraduate program. The topics covered include basics of data communication, basic
protocols including HTTP, FTP, POP, IMAP, UDP, DNS, computer networks; application,
transport, network and data link layers of the OSI basic reference model, IP, flow control,
congestion control, TCP/IP, ISP, and hierarchic Internet structure
Textbook: J. Kurose and K. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring
the Internet, Pearson Addison Wesley, up to 3 years old version is preferred.
Outline 2023 Spring
Week Topic(s)
1 Introduction
2 Internet, the network edge, the network core
3 Delay, Loss, and Throughput in Packet-Switched Networks, Protocol Layers,
security
4 Application layer, The Web and HTTP
5 Electronic Mail on the Internet, DNS, Peer-to-Peer Applications
6 Transport Layer Services, Multiplexing and Demultiplexing, Connectionless
Transport (UDP), Principles of Reliable Data Transfer
7 Connection-Oriented Transport, Principles of Congestion Control, TCP
Congestion Control
8 The network layer, data plane
9 The network layer, control plane
10 Link Layer, Error-Detection, Correction Techniques, Multiple Access Links and
Protocols
11 Switched Local Area Networks, Link Virtualization: A Network as a Link Layer
12 Web page request
13 Data center networking
14 Review
Assessment:
Midterm Exam 35%
Popup Quizzes 25%
Final Exam 40%