LSIS 5472: Protocols and Network Management

Spring 2005

Antonio Hill Class Hours:

358 Shepard Library Mondays, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Office: 530-7322/491-6056 (cell) Office Hours:

Email: ahill@nccu.edu By appointment

Course Description

Introduction to network management concepts. Network management architectures and protocols: the Internet and OSI frameworks, management functionalities, management domains and objects, protocols and services (SNMP, CMIS/P). Design of management agents and clients. Concepts of performance management, fault management, configuration management and other management applications.

Network protocols and protocol stacks, including protocol classes, packet filtering, address filtering, network management, and network hardware are also discussed.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will be prepared to:

Understand Networking and Telecommunication management concepts.

Understand open systems architecture TCP/IP and Wide area networking.

Be able to design & analyze networking.

· Understand the key concepts of Computer Networks

· Provide the student both academic and practical knowledge and experience in the concepts of computer networks, their operation, modification and problem resolution.

· Understand the ongoing and future wireless revolution currently underway and its impacts to computer networks.

· Understand network topologies, protocols and network operating systems.

Instruction Methods And Evaluation

Homework 33%

Quizzes 33%

Final Exam/Project 33%

Class Participation 1%

Textbook

Richard Stevens, TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols, Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 1st edition (January 1994)

Grading System. The grading system is as follows:

97 – 100 A+ 78 – 80 C+

94 – 96 A 74 – 77 C

90 – 94 A- 70 – 73 C-

87 – 89 B+ 0 – 69 F

84 – 86 B

81 – 83 B-

When I average numeric grades, I will use the number. When I average letter grades, I will do so by assigning the midpoint (rounded up) of the above values to each:

A+ 99 C+ 79

A 95 C 76

A- 93 C- 72

B+ 88 F 35 for poor work

B 85 F 0 for no work

B- 82

For example, the average of four assignments given an A, an A-, an 89, and an 86 would be:

( 95 + 93 + 89 + 86 ) / 4 = 90 = A-

On Time. Please note that all work is expected to be completed on time, which means that it should be handed in at the beginning of the class for which it is due. My policy is to deduct 5 points per class period from work that is handed in late. Please note that I will not accept assignments after I return graded assignments to other students in the class.

Changes to Work. Once you have handed in work, you may not make any changes or corrections to it.

Cheating or Plagiarism. I do not tolerate any form of cheating or plagiarism. If you are not sure about what constitutes cheating or plagiarism, please ask me. See “Cheating” in the Student Handbook at http://www.slis.nccu.edu/handbook or http://www.nccu.edu/slis/home/handbook.

Incompletes. If you take an incomplete in a course, the work must be completed within six months of the end of the course. Otherwise, all incomplete work will be given a grade of zero, and your grade for the course will be determined by the average grade that results. Also note that work handed in to resolve an incomplete is, by definition, handed in late and will be graded as such. (Please see paragraph “On Time”.)

Questions. If you have any questions, please see me.