{"id":533,"date":"2020-01-28T22:45:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T22:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/christos\/?page_id=533"},"modified":"2020-02-06T17:31:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T17:31:58","slug":"course-details-ece-360","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/christos\/course-details-ece-360\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Details: ECE 360"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"533\" class=\"elementor elementor-533\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c79804b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c79804b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-062466b\" data-id=\"062466b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a831fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a831fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ECE 360 - Computer Networks<br><br>Course Details<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a68f9da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a68f9da\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4bde68d\" data-id=\"4bde68d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c6e334 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c6e334\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">This undergraduate course covers the fundamental topics in computer networks. The objective is to provide a solid understanding of the underling concepts and issues of computer networks. During this course, we will understand the principles that drive the design on the various protocols that make up today\u00b4s networks. Special emphasis will be on the data link, networking and transport layers. In addition we will cover some more advanced material including congestion control and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">security.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Topics Covered<\/span><\/h3><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><ol><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The computer networking problem<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Direct link networks<\/span><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Physical layer and hardware components<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Framing, error detection, reliable transmission<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Network configurations: Ethernet, Token ring, Wireless<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Packet switching<\/span><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Circuit vs. Packet switching<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Virtual circuit switching<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Broadcast and multicast<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Network layer<\/span><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Routing<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Internet<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Multicast<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Transport layer and end-to-end communications<\/span><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Reliable communications<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Performance issues<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Congestion control and resource allocation (If time permits)<\/span><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Resource allocation issues<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">TCP congestion control<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Congestion avoidance<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Quality of service<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol><\/div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\">Grading<\/span><\/div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mid term exam:\u00a0<strong>40%\u00a0<\/strong> (Tentative date: March 6, 2020)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Final exam:\u00a0<strong>60%<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Textbook<\/span><\/span><\/div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A. Tanenbaum, &#8220;Computer Networks&#8221;, Prentice Hall, or<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">W. Stallings, &#8220;Data and Computer Communications&#8221;, Prentice-Hall.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/div><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bibliography<\/span><\/h3><ul style=\"text-align: left;\"><li><div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">L.L. Peterson and B.S. Davie, &#8220;Computer Networks: A Systems Approach&#8221;, Morgan Kaufmann.<\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">J. Kurose and D. Ross, &#8220;Computer Networks. Top down approach featuring the Internet&#8221;.<\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A. L. Garcia and I. Widjaja, &#8220;Communication Networks: Fundamental Concepts and Key Architectures&#8221;.<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\">Academic Honesty<\/span><\/div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is acceptable to work together in small groups for study and homework. However, work that you turn in under your name\u00a0<strong>must be your own<\/strong>. Cheating will not be tolerated; neither during homework nor during exams.<\/span><\/div><div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Download syllabus (PDF file): <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kios.ucy.ac.cy\/christos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SyllabusGreekECE360_2020.pdf\">Greek Version<\/a><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ECE 360 &#8211; Computer Networks Course Details This undergraduate course covers the fundamental topics in computer networks. The objective is to provide a solid understanding of the underling concepts and issues of computer networks. During this course, we will understand the principles that drive the design on the various protocols that make up today\u00b4s networks. 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