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Welcome to CS 653 Fall 2010

Welcome to CS 653 Fall 2010. Arun Venkataramani Dept. of Computer Science. Course goals. Advanced, fundamental networking principles Mix of theory and usage in real networks Exposure to networking research Second course in networking Prerequisite: a first course. Course topics.

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Welcome to CS 653 Fall 2010

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  1. Welcome to CS 653Fall 2010 Arun Venkataramani Dept. of Computer Science

  2. Course goals • Advanced, fundamental networking principles • Mix of theory and usage in real networks • Exposure to networking research • Second course in networking • Prerequisite: a first course

  3. Course topics 0. Architectural design principles, Review 1. Internetworking: policy routing, traffic engineering, switching 2. Resource management: TCP and active queue management, router scheduling, router-assisted congestion control, CSMA 3. Overlays: virtualization, DHTs, indirection, location independence, peer-to-peer systems, 4. Wireless: wireless network architecture, link abstraction, TCP problems, physical layer information theory 5. Security: DDoS defense mechanisms, protocol misbehavior, worms and the Internet underground

  4. Administrivia • http://www.cs.umass.edu/~arun/653/ • Announcements: cs653@edlab-mail.cs.umass.edu • Material • papers, notes, and web links on Schedule page • “Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet” (5th ed.), Kurose and Ross for reviewing basic material

  5. Administrivia • 4 homeworks • May involve some programming/scripting • 2 take-home exams • Project with small research component • Proposal + final report • Class participation important • Reading preparation for each class

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