| Lecturer/Manager | Professor Henning Schulzrinne | ||||||||||||||||
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| Day and time: | Tuesday, 6.10 pm - 8.30 pm | ||||||||||||||||
| Credits for course: | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: | The course requires some background in computer networks (e.g., CS4119) and programming experience (C, Unix). Experience with Tcl/Tk (e.g., CS 6998) might be helpful for some projects, but is not required. | ||||||||||||||||
| Description: | In the last three or four years, the Internet has moved beyond the three
"classical" services of email, file transfer and remote
login. This course provides an overview of some of the emerging Internet
services, their technical background and open issues. The course
focuses on two principal areas:
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| Required text(s): | None. | ||||||||||||||||
| Reference text(s): | Jerry R. Jackson and Alan L. McClellan, Java by Example,
Prentice Hall, 1996. ISBN 0-13-565763-6
W. Richard Stevens, TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 3, Addison-Wesley, 1996. ISBN 0-201-63495-3 Ken Arnold and James Gosling, The Java Programming Language ISBN 0-201-63455-4 David Flanagan, Java in a Nutshell, O'Reilly, 1996. ISBN 1-56592-183-6. The books by Jackson and Stevens have been ordered through the B\amp;N bookstore. Also, class notes, copies of slides and reference documents will be available on Columbia machines at http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/teaching/ais/ | ||||||||||||||||
| Homework(s): | Five homework assignments, each including questions and small programming problems. | ||||||||||||||||
| Project(s): | Students are expected to complete one major programming project during the course of the semester, leading to (at least) a technical report and software of distributable quality. Projects that contain Internet measurements are encouraged. As appropriate, homeworks will contain small programming assignments. Projects might include:
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| Paper(s): | See "Project(s)" | ||||||||||||||||
| Midterm exam: | None | ||||||||||||||||
| Final exam: | 3 hours, closed book | ||||||||||||||||
| Grading: | Homeworks 20%, project 50%, final 30% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hardware requirements: | Internet access; other requirements depend on project chosen and may include ability to compile C or C++, run a Java compiler. Unix and Windows'95/NT are strongly preferred to avoid support problems. | ||||||||||||||||
| Software requirements: | Depends on project chosen; instructor will attempt to provide if needed. | ||||||||||||||||
| Homework submission: | By electronic mail to the teaching assistant. |
| # | Date | Topics/chapters covered | Assigned | Due |
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| 1 | Tu, 9/3 | Review of Internet architecture and protocols | ||
| 2 | Tu, 9/10 | multicast; resource reservation; ST-II, RSVP | Homework #1 | |
| 3 | Tu, 9/17 | multicast
review: audio and video | ||
| 4 | Tu, 9/24 | scheduling for IP and ATM network impairments: jitter, loss transport protocols for real-time data | Homework #2 | Homework #1 |
| 5 | Tu, 10/1 | application control and layered codings; reliable multicast | project assigned | |
| 6 | Tu, 10/8 | application and X sharing; conference control | Homework #3 | Homework #2 |
| 7 | Tu, 10/15 | Internet telephony; settlements; WWW review: URLs, HTTP | ||
| 8 | Tu, 10/22 | SGML basics; HTML 2.0 and 3.0; server APIs: cgi-bin, scripting; plug-ins | ||
| 9 | Tu, 10/29 | VRML, Java | Homework #4 | Homework #3 |
| 10 | Th, 11/12 | Java | ||
| 11 | Tu, 11/19 | directory services: X.500, LDAP, whois++; web searching and directories: spiders, Harvest; URNs | Homework #5 | Homework #4 |
| 12 | Tu, 11/26 | cryptography review; EDI, electronic commerce, e-cash | ||
| 13 | Tu, 12/03 | SSL; summary and review | Homework #5, Project due | |
| "Workshop" | Fr, 12/13 | workshop with project presentations | ||
| Final exam | Tu, 12/17 | 7.10 pm - 9.00 pm |