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Peer-to-Peer Protocols and Local Area Networks

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Peer-to-Peer Protocols and Local Area Networks

This course is part of Computer Communications Specialization

Instructor: Xiaobo Zhou

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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5 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

538 reviews

2 weeks to complete

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93%

Most learners liked this course

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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.

Module details

This module examines peer-to-peer protocols and service models. Importantly, it examines three automatic repeat request (ARQ) protocols that provide reliable data transfer service.

What's included

5 videos7 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

5 videosTotal 30 minutes

Welcome3 minutes
Peer-to-Peer Protocols and Services7 minutes
Stop-and-Wait ARQ6 minutes
S&W Performance, and Go-Back-N ARQ7 minutes
Go-back-N and Selective-Repeat ARQ7 minutes

7 readingsTotal 85 minutes

Reference Books10 minutes
Get help and meet other learners in this course. Join your discussion forums!5 minutes
Lecture Slides - Peer-to-Peer Protocols and Services10 minutes
Lecture Slides - Stop-and-Wait ARQ10 minutes
Lecture Slides - S&W Performance, and Go-Back-N ARQ10 minutes
Lecture Slides - Go-back-N and Selective-Repeat ARQ10 minutes
RFC 793, “Transmission Control Protocol: DARPA Internet program protocol specification”30 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 40 minutes

Graded Assessment - Peer-to-Peer Protocols20 minutes
Practice Assessment - Peer-to-Peer Protocols20 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 30 minutes

Peer-to-Peer Protocols30 minutes

This module introduces TCP that uses ARQ techniques to provide reliable stream service and flow control end-to-end across connectionless packet network. It also examines two framing techniques that are used to identify the boundaries of frames of information within a digital bit stream, and discusses two data link control standards in widespread use.

What's included

3 videos4 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

3 videosTotal 20 minutes

TCP Reliable Stream and Flow Control7 minutes
Framing and PPP7 minutes
HDLC, Multiplexing7 minutes

4 readingsTotal 150 minutes

Lecture Slides - TCP Reliable Stream and Flow Control10 minutes
Lecture Slides - Framing and PPP10 minutes
Lecture Slides - HDLC, Multiplexing10 minutes
“The generic framing procedure: an overview”, E. Hernandez-Valencia, M. Scholten, and Zhenyu Zhu, IEEE communications Magazine, 40(5), 2002 (Required)120 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 40 minutes

Graded Assessment - Reliable Services and Data Link Controls20 minutes
Practice Assessment - Reliable Services and Data Link Controls20 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Reliable Services and Data Link Controls10 minutes

This module discusses the need for medium access control (MAC), and introduces representative random access and scheduling MAC protocols - including the carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection CSMA-CS protocol which forms the basis for the Ethernet LAN standard. It also shows the impact of delay-bandwidth product on protocol performance.

What's included

4 videos4 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

4 videosTotal 25 minutes

Medium Access Control6 minutes
MAC Random Access: Aloha5 minutes
Random Access: CSMA and CSMA/CD7 minutes
Scheduling Approaches6 minutes

4 readingsTotal 40 minutes

Lecture Slides - Medium Access Control10 minutes
Lecture Slides - MAC Random Access: Aloha10 minutes
Lecture Slides - Random Access: CSMA and CSMA/CD10 minutes
Lecture Slides - Scheduling Approaches10 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 40 minutes

Graded Assessment - Medium Access Controls20 minutes
Practice Assessment - Medium Access Controls20 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Medium Access Control10 minutes

This module discusses the structure of the frames used in LANs, and introduces several important LAN standards, including the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet LAN and IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN. Furthermore, the MAC protocols associated with each LAN standard are also described.

What's included

3 videos4 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

3 videosTotal 19 minutes

Local Area Networks (LANs)7 minutes
Wireless LANs: CSMA-CA5 minutes
Wireless LANs: Medium Access Control7 minutes

4 readingsTotal 150 minutes

Lecture Slides - Local Area Networks (LANs)30 minutes
Lecture Slides - Wireless LANs: CSMA-CA30 minutes
Lecture Slides - Wireless LANs: Medium Access Control30 minutes
“IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks”, IEEE Communication Magazine, pp. 116-126, September 1997. (Required)60 minutes

2 assignmentsTotal 40 minutes

Graded Assessment - Local Area Networks20 minutes
Practice Assessment - Local Area Networks20 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 30 minutes

Local Area Networks30 minutes

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1 reading1 peer review

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Xiaobo Zhou

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Reviewed on Jan 25, 2022

good course in networks of sharing resourses between them

Reviewed on Dec 12, 2019

This course is really awesome! I highly recommend to all undergraduate students. this is something students really need to understand, especially for those who pursue their profession in this domain.

Reviewed on Oct 29, 2021

The content is really good. However, the subtitles in English are incorrect at some moments and it made me spend a lot of time reading the outside materials. In general, this course was fine, though.

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