Course Description

EE450 – Introduction to Computer Networks

Nazarian Summer 2014

University of Southern California

Department of Electrical Engineering

Course Description

This course provides an in-depth discussion and analysis of the global Internet,

with focus on the design principles, layering and protocol design and analysis.

Topics covered include the Internet structure and architecture, Transport and

congestion control protocols, socket programming, network layer and routing

protocols, link layer and MAC protocols, network applications and

internetworking.

Website

DEN: http://den.usc.edu/

Textbook

 Textbook: Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, James F.

Kurose, and Keith W. Ross, (6

edition)

Additional (Recommended) Readings

 Computer Networks, Andrew S. Tanenbaum

 Computer Networks: A System Approach, Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S.

Davie

 Communications Networks, Alberto Leon-Garcia and Indra Widjaja

 Computer and Communication Networks, Nadir F. Mir

 Data Communications and Networking, B. Forouzan

 Computer Networking with Internet Protocols and Technology, William

Stallings

Prerequisite

C or C++, Unix (more details will be provided during lectures)

Instructor

Dr. Shahin Nazarian

Office: EEB340

Office Hours: TBA

TBA

Phone: (213) 740-4653

http://atrak.usc.edu/~shahin/

TA and Grader: TBA

Updated course information will be posted on the course DEN page.