M117_S_10_Syll - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES M117...

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
M117 Computer Networks. The Physical Layer
Spring 2010
Instructor Revaz Dzhanidze 3732 K BH Ph: 44-579 [email protected]
TA:
Tsung-Yi (Steven)
3704 BH Ph: 58-659 [email protected]
Reader
Siddharth Mundle
3704 BH Ph: 58-659 [email protected]
Introduction
This course is a lab oriented course. It is designed to give basic knowledge of the principles of
modern data communications and networking through hands-on experience. The focus is on
physical and media access layers of the network protocol stack. A series of lab experiments
complements the class lectures.
Course Objectives
• To provide fundamental knowledge of the principles underlying wireless data
communication systems relevant to digital data communications.
• To provide hands-on experience by performing a series of laboratory experiments.
• To gain experience in preparing formal technical report and project based upon laboratory
experiments.
Meeting Places and Times
Lecture Tue/Thur 12:00-1:50 AM 3704 BH
Lab 1A Wednesday 10:00-11:50 3704 BH
Lab 1B Wednesday 12:00-1:50 AM 3704 BH
Office Hours (tentative)
R. Dzhanidze 11:00-12:00 AM Tuesdays 3732K, 3704 BH
TA - Lab 1A 9:30-10:00 AM Wednesday 3704 BH
TA - Lab 1B 11:30-12:00 AM Wednesday 3704 BH
Newsgroup and Website
• http://www.cs.ucla.edu/classes/spring10/cs117
• ucla.classes.cs.m117 - available on CSnet and SEASnet news servers
Units
CS 117 is a 6 unit course.
Workload
Weekly
• 3 hours lecture
• 2 hours prelab homework
• 2 hours lab experiments
• 3 hours lab report and project
• 4 hours outside study
4 hours wireless experiments
TA Mailbox
The 24-hour accessible TA mailbox (labeled CS 117) is located in BH 4428.

Homework
HW (Pre-laboratory) assignments will be placed on the class webpage each week. The HW
should be typed and spell-checked (no hand-written HW will be accepted).