EEC273: Computer Networks
New title: Networking Architecture and Resource Management
Winter 2007 (4 units)

General

Instructor:	Chen-Nee Chuah
	3125 Kemper Hall
Lectures:	Tue/Thu 4:40 - 6:00pm, 1070 Bainer
Office Hours:	Tue 3:30-4:30pm, Fri 11:00am-noon
Class Mailing List:	eec273-w07@ucdavis.edu

Prerequisite

EEC173A or ECS152Aor equivalent; ECS252 recommended

Overview

This course educates students on the fundamental principles behind modern telecommunication network architectures and protocol implementation. We will also cover basic analytical techniques used in the modeling of networking systems. Another objective is to expose the students to research and development in the areas of alternative Internet architecture, network design and management, and Quality of Service (QoS) support. The emphasis is on preparing students for research in related subjects. Hence, the class will (1) draw on examples from state-of-the-art network protocols, architectures, and applications, (2) demonstrate how networking research is done, and (3) encourage students to investigate novel ideas via quarter-long class projects. Topics include: network architecture design philosophies, unicast and multicast routing, application & services, resource management, Internet Quality of Service (QoS) issues, traffic engineering, router architectures, real-time multimedia applications, overlay/peer-to-peer networks, network simulation & modeling, and performance evaluation.

Please refer to the proposed Course Description for more details.

Grading

Homework assignments/Paper reviews	30%
Exams	30%
Term project: (Proposal, progress report, oral presentation, and final report)	40%

Paper reviews For these assignments, you are required to provide a short summary (one or two paragraphs) and a review of the strengths and weaknesses of the paper. The goal of these reviews is to help you synthetise the main ideas and concepts presented in each paper.
Project Students work individually or in small groups on a course project. The projects will complement and extend the lecture material. The project may include design, modeling, simulation or performance analysis.of a new protocol or extension of an existing one. Students therefore gain hands-on experience in network protocol design, development, and analysis. See the project page for more details.

References

Selected conference/journal papers and other materials from the References.
J. E. Kurose & K. W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Addison-Wesley, 2nd Edition.
Or any of the books on Computer Networks listed in the References.
D. Bertsekas & R. Gallager, Data Networks, Prentice Hall, 1992.