General

Instructor:	Chen-Nee Chuah
	3125 Kemper Hall (EUII)
Lectures:	Tues/Thur, 3:10-4:30pm, 1130 Bainer Hall
Lab Discussion:	Wed 9-10am, 1101/1105 Kemper Hall (EUII)
Office Hours:	Tue 2:00-3:00 pm, 3125 Kemper Hall Wed 10am-11am, 1101/1105 Kemper Hall
Class Mailinglist:	eec189q-f04@ucdavis.edu

Prerequisite

• Mathematics 131, Statistics 120 or 131A
• ECS40 or EEC73 or ECS110 or Stat 120 or Stat 32

Overview

Introduces fundamental architecture concepts of modern telecommunication systems (telephone, Internet, and wireless networks), including IS0 seven-layer model, physical aspects of data transmission, data-link layer protocols, network architectures, routing, TCP/IP protocol suite, local area networks, medium access protocols, and network performance analysis.

This course is cross-listed with ECS152A. Please refer to the extended course description for more details.

Goals

This undergraduate course provides students with a basic knowledge of the fundamental principles in communication networks. It intends to illustrate the design, management, and operational principles of telecommunication networks (including telephone, Internet, wireless), network monitoring, and simulations. Students have weekly lab assignments to reinforce the concepts and provide hands-on experience.
By the end of the quarter, the students will be able to understand the architecture and underlying protocols along with the scalability, complexity, and robustness issues of large-scale networking systems. They will also be prepared to undertake an in-depth study of local area networks and wide area networks dealing with their access mechanisms, routing algorithms, performance evaluation methodologies, and related issues. Students will gain experience in the design and analysis of network protocols through experiments on an Ethernet LAN, network measurements, or through simulation models.

Grading

Exams: Both midterm and final exams are closed book. However, students will be allowed to use one sheet of notes written on both sides.

Project:Students work individually or in small groups on lab projects. The projects will complement and extend the lecture material and may include network design, measurement experiment, simulation, or performance analysis. See the project page for more details.

Important Dates:

• Midterm: Nov 2, 2004 (in class)
• Final: Dec 15, 2004, 8-10am

Textbooks

• Leon-Garcia and Widjaja, Communication Networks, McGrawHill, 2000.
• Instructor's own notes and selected articles.