ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF ALEXANDRIA

EE486
Communication Networks

Lecturer:
Hossam Shalaby

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I.    Outline

• Syllabus.
• Basic Concepts.
• Local Area Networks (LANs).
• Fast Ethernets.
• Unicast Routing Protocols.
• Internet Addressing and Subnetting.
• Network Layer Protocols.
• Wireless LANs.

II.    Text Book

• B. Forouzan, Data Communications and Networking. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2013.

III.    References

• W. Stallings, Data and Computer Communications. 10th ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2013.

IV.    Handouts and Assignments

• Assignment #1.
• Assignment #2.

V.    Announcements

VI.    Lab and Term Project

VII.    Old Exams

• Midterm, Apr. 2010.
• Final, June 2010.
• Final, June 2013.

VIII.    Grades

• Current.
• Statistics.

IX.    Teaching and Assessments

• Teaching hours per week:
1. Lectures: 3 hrs.
2. Tutorials and Labs: 2 hrs.
• Distribution of a total mark of 125:
1. Midterm exam (25 marks): 1.5 hrs, closed book exam.
2. Class work and Lab. assessment (25 marks).
3. Final exam (75 marks): 3 hrs, closed book exam.