New York City College of Technology Computer Systems Technology Department CST 3507/CS507: Advanced Single-LAN Concepts (3 credits, 2 class hours, 2 lab hours) Instructor: Office Phone: Office Hours: Virtual Office hours Class Meetings: Office Location: Course Description: This course is designed as a second local area network course. Its main point of reference are the various protocols used in the available networks as well as LAN architectures including the network operating systems, such as Windows 2000 server, Novell Netware, and UNIX. It also addresses LAN protocols. Students will be provided with an in-depth working knowledge of layered network architectures, protocols, standards, and hardware and software components. Building on a base of introductory network concepts, this course is a guide to troubleshooting network problems and those problems that arise with network-specific applications development. The student will be taught to create a troubleshooting process that identifies and isolates network problems in a consistent manner. The student will be introduced to LAN-network topics including current technology and emerging trends. Third party diagnostics tools will be presented together with native diagnostic utilities. Prerequisites: MST2307/MS307 or equivalent Required Text: Data Communications and Networking. 4 th Edition, Behrouz A. Forouzan, McGrawHill, 2007 www.protocols.com Attendance Policy: You are permitted to be absent from a class a maximum of three class sessions. This is in accordance with the college policy that sets the maximum number of permissible absences at 10% of the number of class meetings scheduled for the semester. You are expected to attend the class and also login to Blackboard (at least 3 days a week) and participate in the assignments and discussion online. Failure to do so will be counted as a class absence. Blackboard Navigation: ANNOUNCEMENTS is the entry point. Announcements tell you everything you might expect to hear at the beginning of a class if we were in a classroom. In our virtual classroom, you have to read the announcements each time you enter the course by logging on. I will be posting notices, assignments, and updates on a daily basis, so please check these announcements 3 times a week. STAFF INFORMATION is where you will find information about me (phone, email, office location and so on). COURSE INFORMATION is where you'll find all the information that is usually given out on the first day of a course (course syllabus, grading policies, grading rubric, and assignments guidelines. COURSE DOCUMENTS is where you will find all assigned readings, "handouts," checklists, slides, lecture notes and information about how to do all the assigned work.
ASSIGNMENTS is where each day's assignments (and due dates) will be posted. This is actually a link to the assignments which will be posted under the various weeks in Course Documents. COMMUNICATION is where you'll find the tools for sending email to other members of the class and for participating in electronic discussions either with the class as a whole and within a smaller group. DISCUSSION BOARD is where you'll be writing questions and comments and replying to your classmates' questions and comments. You can also use the Questions to professor board to ask me any questions. STUDENT S FAQ is where you'll find tips about how to work online and how to make sure you have all the programs you need. It will answer all your questions from how to changing your password to how will I know what to do on this course and so on. EXTERNAL LINKS is where you'll find links to websites you will need for the course. TOOLS is where you'll find tools for updating your personal information, creating your own Home Page (on this site), checking your grades, and exchanging word processing files with classmates and with me via the Digital Drop Box. Academic Integrity Policy: Academic dishonesty includes any act that is designed to obtain fraudulently, either for oneself or for someone else, academic credit, grades, or any other form of recognition that was not properly earned. Academic dishonesty encompasses the following: Cheating: Defined as intentionally giving, receiving, using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, notes, study aids, including any form of unauthorized communication, in any academic exercise. It is the student s responsibility to consult with instructors to determine whether or not a study aid or device may be used. Plagiarism: Plagiarism is intentionally and knowingly presenting the ideas or works of another as one s own original idea or works in any academic exercise without proper acknowledgement of the source. The purchase and submission of a term paper, essay, or other written assignment to fulfill the requirements of a course, and violates section 213-b of the State Education Law. This also applies to the submission of all or substantial portions of the same academic work previously submitted by the student or any other individual for credit at another institution, or in more than one course. The instructor of the course has the authority to give a grade of F if the student submits the work of another person in a manner that represents his/her work, or knowingly permits one s work to be submitted by another person without the instructor s permission. All class projects must be on your own floppy disk. For further information see Student Handbook Grade: Quizzes 25% Midterm 15% Homework, discussions and projects: 30% LAB Exercises: 10% Final exam 20% Instructional Objectives: Apply the fundamental network concepts and terminology and evaluate leading-edge network technologies Understand LAN technologies and architectures Understand Layer 2 technologies and protocols Select LAN technology based on requirements Configure LANs to interconnect the computing resource of an organization
Understand packet switching and circuit switching concepts Configure multiple protocols, monitor and decode LAN protocols Evaluate available network hardware and software components Set-up networks within the classroom Use Software tools for administration and management Introduction to Wide Area Networks Assessment: For the successful completion of this course a student should be able to: Demonstrate understanding of the basic concepts of network technologies. Demonstrate skills in configuring multiple networking protocols. Demonstrate knowledge about the layered model. Display knowledge of layer-2 technologies and protocols. Install and utilize network monitoring software to examine network traffic. Be able to do basic network troubleshooting. Students will be assessed in homework assignments, quizzes, exams, practical labs and exam: General Education Objectives General Education Objectives: Communication Communicate in diverse settings and groups, using written (both reading and writing), oral (both speaking and listening), and visual means, and in more than one language. Inquiry/ Analysis Derive meaning from experience, as well as gather information from observation. Understand and employ both quantitative and qualitative analysis to describe and solve problems, both independently and cooperatively. Assessment Measurement/Competencies: Exercises Employ scientific reasoning and logical thinking. Use creativity to solve problems. Information literacy Gather, Interpret, evaluate, and apply information discerningly from a variety of sources. Quizzes and exams Understand and navigate systems. Topics: Week Topic Assessment 1 Introduction Chapter 2 - Network Models - OSI Model - TCP/IP - Addressing
2 Chapter 3 - Data and Signals - Analog and Digital - Periodic Analog Signals : Addressing 3 Chapter 3- Data and Signals - Digital Signals - Transmission Impairment : Signal generator and oscilloscope 4 Chapter 3: Data and Signals - Data Rate Limits - Performance 5 Chapter 4 Digital Transmission - Digital to Digital Conversion - Analog to Digital Conversion Quiz 1 6 Chapter 4 Digital Transmission - Transmission Modes Chapter 7 Transmission Media - Guided Media 7 Chapter 7 Transmission Media -Unguided Media : Wiring and building a small LAN 8 Chapter 8 Switching - Circuit Switched Networks - Datagram Networks Midterm Exam 9 Chapter 8 Switching - Virtual Circuit Networks - Structure of a Switch : Switching 10 Chapter 10 Error Detection and Correction - Introduction - Block Coding - Linear Block Codes - Cyclic Codes 11 Chapter 10 Error Detection and Correction - Checksum Chapter 11 Data Link Control - Framing - Flow and Error Control - Protocols - Noiseless Channels - Noisy Channels : Protocol Analyser Quiz 2 12 Chapter 13- Wired LAN: Ethernet - Standard Ethernet - Changes in the Standard Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Quiz 3 Midterm Exam Quiz 4 Quiz 5 Quiz 6
- Fast Ethernet - Gigabit Ethernet Chapter 14 Wireless LANs - IEEE 802.11 - Bluetooth 13 : Build a wireless N/W Chapter 15 Connecting LANs, Backbone Networks and Virtual LANs - Connecting Devices - Backbone Networks 14 : VLANs 15 Exam Review Final Exam Final Exam