This course is part of the Computer Communications Specialization

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Computer Communications SpecializationUniversity of Colorado System

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In this course, we discuss peer-to-peer protocols and local area networks. Part one in this course is to answer the question of how does a peer-to-peer protocol deliver reliable data transfer service across unreliable transmission lines or networks.  We focus on several medium access control protocols and their performance analysis. In the second part, we discuss how medium access control protocols coordinate the access to the communication channel so that information gets through from a source to a destination in the same broadcast local area network. We further discuss local area network and wireless LAN.

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Approx. 15 hours to complete

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Xiaobo Zhou

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College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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Week1

Week 1

3 hours to complete

Peer-to-Peer Protocols

3 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 30 min), 6 readings, 2 quizzes

5 videos

Welcome3mPeer-to-Peer Protocols and Services6mStop-and-Wait ARQ6mS&W Performance, and Go-Back-N ARQ6mGo-back-N and Selective-Repeat ARQ7m

6 readings

Reference Books10mLecture Slides - Peer-to-Peer Protocols and Services10mLecture Slides - Stop-and-Wait ARQ10mLecture Slides - S&W Performance, and Go-Back-N ARQ10mLecture Slides - Go-back-N and Selective-Repeat ARQ10mRFC 793, “Transmission Control Protocol: DARPA Internet program protocol specification”30m

2 practice exercises

Practice Assessment - Peer-to-Peer Protocols20mGraded Assessment - Peer-to-Peer Protocols20m

Week2

Week 2

4 hours to complete

Reliable Services and Data Link Controls

4 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 20 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes

3 videos

TCP Reliable Stream and Flow Control6mFraming and PPP6mHDLC, Multiplexing6m

4 readings

Lecture Slides - TCP Reliable Stream and Flow Control10mLecture Slides - Framing and PPP10mLecture Slides - HDLC, Multiplexing10m“The generic framing procedure: an overview”, E. Hernandez-Valencia, M. Scholten, and Zhenyu Zhu, IEEE communications Magazine, 40(5), 2002 (Required)2h

2 practice exercises

Practice Assessment - Reliable Services and Data Link Controls20mGraded Assessment - Reliable Services and Data Link Controls20m

Week3

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Medium access control

2 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 25 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes

4 videos

Medium Access Control6mMAC Random Access: Aloha5mRandom Access: CSMA and CSMA/CD6mScheduling Approaches6m

4 readings

Lecture Slides - Medium Access Control10mLecture Slides - MAC Random Access: Aloha10mLecture Slides - Random Access: CSMA and CSMA/CD10mLecture Slides - Scheduling Approaches10m

2 practice exercises

Practice Assessment - Medium Access Controls20mGraded Assessment - Medium Access Controls20m

Week4

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Local Area Networks

4 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 19 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes

3 videos

Local Area Networks (LANs)6mWireless LANs: CSMA-CA5mWireless LANs: Medium Access Control6m

4 readings

Lecture Slides - Local Area Networks (LANs)30mLecture Slides - Wireless LANs: CSMA-CA30mLecture Slides - Wireless LANs: Medium Access Control30m“IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks”, IEEE Communication Magazine, pp. 116-126, September 1997. (Required)1h

2 practice exercises

Practice Assessment - Local Area Networks20mGraded Assessment - Local Area Networks20m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM PEER-TO-PEER PROTOCOLS AND LOCAL AREA NETWORKS

by SPJan 2, 2020

Very good for understanding the topic of Peer-to-Peer Protocols and Local Area Networks

by DBMay 26, 2020

helped me to learn how communication takes place in LAN and Peer to Peer network, it was good course, i enjoyed.

by DDMay 2, 2020

Awesome course. Learning materials are good. Assignments and final project is sufficiently challenging. Learned a lot.

by KSJan 25, 2022

good course in networks of sharing resourses between them

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About the Computer Communications Specialization

This specialization is developed for seniors and fresh graduate students to understand fundamental network architecture concepts and their impacts on cyber security, to develop skills and techniques required for network protocol design, and prepare for a future of constant change through exposure to network design alternatives. Students will require a prior knowledge of C programming, an understanding of math probability and a computer science background is a plus.

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