Comp 343-001 Week 3 notes

Introduction to the textbook
Programming assignments

Assignment 1
    Chapter 1 exercises 1.0, 4.0, 5.0, 7.0, 9.0, 10.0, 11.0
    Chapter 2 exercises 2.0, 3.0, 7.0
    Due Friday, Sept 11 (end of Week 3)


Discuss homework 1 questions

4.2: Wi-Fi
    4.2.1: collision basics; link-layer ACKs
    4.2.2: rate scaling
    4.2.3: MIMO

4.2.4: Access points

    linssid demo (linux utility; runs as root; needs display access)

    4.2.5: security
    4.2.7: polling mode
    4.2.8: MANETs and mesh

5.1 VPNs
5.2 Carrier Ethernet
5.3 Token Ring

6: Links

    Encoding and Framing
        NRZ, etc
        Manchester
        4B/5B
    4.1.5 Framing: how packets are defined

    TDM and SONET


7. Packets, intronetworks.cs.luc.edu/current2/html/packets.html