CTH EDA344 / GU DIT 420: Literature, Resources and Example Exams

The links to the resources on this page were verified on January 16, 2015. Let us know if you find some of them broken!

The lecture slides used in classes are available here.

Acknowledgement: Many of the slides are adaptations of the slides available for instructors via the web-page of the main textbook. Source material : copyright J.F Kurose and K.W. Ross, All Rights Reserved

Slides from last year's classes are available here. Please bear in mind that the notes are not provided to replace the need to read from the book or attend the lectures.

Text book

Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 6th ed., James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross

Do use the companion site of the book for complementary material (quiz questions, interactive exercises, videos, and more; it is the same for the Intenational edition (blue cover) and the green-cover edition)

Reading list for the main textbook:

Careful Quick

4/e,5/e,6/e: 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 4/e,5/e,6/e: the rest

4/e,5/e,6/e: 2.2, 2.4-2.5, 4/e,5/e: 2.7-2.9, 6/e: 2.7-2.8 4/e,5/e,6/e: 2.1, 2.3, 2.6

4/e,5/e,6/e: 3.1, 3.2, 3.4-3.7 4/e,5/e,6/e: 3.3

4/e,5/e,6/e: 4.1-4.6 4/e,5/e,6/e: 4.7

4/e,5/e: 5.1-5.6, 5.8; 6/e: 5.1-5.6 4/e,5/e: 5.7

4/e,5/e,6/e: 6.1-6.6, 6.8 4/e,5/e,6/e: 6.7

4/e,5/e: 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5, soft-state-related parts from 7.6; 7/e 7.1-7.3, 7.5 4/e,5/e,6/e: the rest

(updated March 2015) 6/e: 8.1-8.8 6/e: 8.9

There may also be some supplementary and invited lectures/tutorials emphasizing on special topics. If there extra notes, there will be advice via this page on how to get them.

Review questions from the book, useful for summary study

Chapter 1: 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28
Chapter 2: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 22, 23, 24
Chapter 3: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Chapter 4: 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 15, 23, 27, 28
Chapter 5: 1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 15
Chapter 6: 2, 5, 7, 9, 16, 17
Chapter 7: R: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 12, 14, 15, 18
Chapter 8: 2, 3, 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 21, 24

Other books that the students may find useful (available at Chalmers Library) include:

Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, by L. Peterson and B. Davie, Morgan Kaufman;
Computer and Network Organization: An Introduction, by Maarten van Steen and Henk Sips, Prentice Hall (very good introductory book for non-CSE students!);
Data and Computer Communications, by W. Stallings, Prentice Hall;
Computer Networks, by Andrew Tanenbaum, Prentice-Hall.

Example Exams

The written exams are in English (you may answer in Swedish if it is significant for you); no calculator or any electronic device is allowed. Some past exams with solution hints through this link

Interesting Pointers

Searchable Archive of Request for Comments (RFCs);<
The Internet Engineering Task Force
The World Wide Web Consortium
The IP/MPLS (ATM) forum
The history of computing (including the history of networking)
Computer Science Student Support Page, by William Stallings
Introduction to Probability (C.M. Grinstead, J.L. Snell)
Eric Weisstein's world of Mathematics (Wolfram's MathWorld)
ACM Digital Library: electronic access to publications via Chalmers Libraries
IEEE and IEEE Xplore: electronic access to publications via Chalmers Libraries
Springer Verlag resources in Computer Science and LNCS: electronic access to publications via Chalmers Libraries
CiteSeer Scientific Literature Digital Library

Careful	Quick
4/e,5/e,6/e: 1.3, 1.4, 1.5	4/e,5/e,6/e: the rest
4/e,5/e,6/e: 2.2, 2.4-2.5, 4/e,5/e: 2.7-2.9, 6/e: 2.7-2.8	4/e,5/e,6/e: 2.1, 2.3, 2.6
4/e,5/e,6/e: 3.1, 3.2, 3.4-3.7	4/e,5/e,6/e: 3.3
4/e,5/e,6/e: 4.1-4.6	4/e,5/e,6/e: 4.7
4/e,5/e: 5.1-5.6, 5.8; 6/e: 5.1-5.6	4/e,5/e: 5.7
4/e,5/e,6/e: 6.1-6.6, 6.8	4/e,5/e,6/e: 6.7
4/e,5/e: 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5, soft-state-related parts from 7.6; 7/e 7.1-7.3, 7.5	4/e,5/e,6/e: the rest
(updated March 2015) 6/e: 8.1-8.8	6/e: 8.9