ECE 255 - Fall 2001

Introduction to Network Engineering

 

Description:  This course is to introduces the principles of computer networking, emphasizing the design and performance issues in current network protocols and network configurations.  Hands-on experience configuring and connecting network equipment will be gained through use of routers and switches in the networking laboratory.

 

Class Hours:           Tu, Th               11:00 - 11:30       (Lecture, OCNL 119)

 

Instructor:              Dr. John Julian Zenor

 

Office Hours:          Tu, Th:              10:00 - 10:50

                                    Tu:                   3:00 - 3:50

                           Wed:                 2:00 - 2:50

 

Office:                         Room 318, OCNL

 

Office Phone:          898-4414

 

Web Address: www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~zenor          Email: zenor@ecst.csuchico.edu

 

Texts: Interconnections, Second Edition, Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols, Perlman, Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-201-634488-1

            Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices, Cisco Press, ISBN 1-57870-111-2

 

Topics:

ISO Seven Layer Model

Characteristics of Physical Media

LAN Addressing

Multicasting, Broadcasting

Issues in Addressing

Transparent Bridges and the Spanning Tree Algorithm

IP and TCP protocols

IP addressing and subnets

Serial Point to Point Connections

ATM

Routing Algorithm Concepts

Configuration of Bridges and Routers

Network Architecture

 

Grading Criteria:

 

Mid Term Exam #1

25%

Mid Term Exam #2

25%

Group Project

35%

Class Participation

15%

 

 

Other Expenses:       Occasional purchases of required class materials from a local copy service.  A lab card must be purchased for evening access to the lab equipment.

 

Notes: 

 

1.     Any plagiarism on tests or lab work will be reported to the school disciplinary authorities and will result in a zero score for the pertinent assignment.  It is encouraged for students to study together and to help each other, but each student must hand in their own work.

2.     A project report and presentation will be prepared on a networking topic of the student’s choice, woking in groups of 3-4 students per group.  Each project will include a review of the topic, and will include actual implementations and configurations of equipment in the network laboratory that demonstrates principles and performance issues.

 

3.     Class participation is an important aspect of this course, and class attendance is required.  More than two unexcused absences will result in failure in the class.  Attendance at all student presentations is required to pass the course.