Spring 2020
ENSC 427: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

Assignment #2:

Read:
  • Kurose and Ross: Chapter 1: Computer Networks and the Internet

  • Read the paper: "A Brief History of the Internet" by Barry M. Leiner, Vinton G. Cerf, David D. Clark, Robert E. Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, Daniel C. Lynch, Jon Postel, Lawrence G. Roberts, and Stephen Wolff.
    Provide one-page summary. Please type your report.

  • Locate the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) web page. Read the Request for Comments (RFC) 2026: "The Internet Standards Process" by S. Bradner.
    Provide a brief description of:
    - Internet Standards
    - RFCs and Internet Drafts
    - Standards Track Maturity Levels.
    Provide one-page summary. Please type your report.

  • Include the cover page. It should only include course title (ENSC 427: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS), term (Spring 2020), assignment number, your full name (last name, first name), your SFU ID, and your SFU email address. This page should not be counted in the required page limit.

  • Project teams are due January 12, 2020 (midnight: 11:59 PM + 1 minute). Submit the team names on Canvas.

  • Work on the topic for your final project.
  • Browse through past projects:

    Undergraduate courses:
        ENSC 427 Spring '19 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '18 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '17 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '16 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '15 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '14 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '13 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '12 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '11 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '10 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '09 projects

    Graduate courses:
        ENSC 833 Spring '19 projects
        ENSC 835 Spring '18 projects
        ENSC 894 Spring '17 projects
        ENSC 833 Spring '16 projects
        ENSC 894 Spring '15 projects
        ENSC 894 Spring '14 projects
        ENSC 835 Spring '13 projects
        ENSC 894 Spring '12 projects
        ENSC 835 Spring '11 projects
        ENSC 895 Spring '10 projects
        ENSC 833/CMPT 885 Spring '09 projects
        ENSC 833/CMPT 885 Spring '08 projects
        ENSC 833/CMPT 885 Spring '06 projects
        ENSC 833/CMPT 885 Fall '03 projects
        ENSC 833/CMPT 885 Spring '03 projects
        ENSC 835/CMPT 885 Spring '02 projects
        ENSC 833/CMPT 885 Spring '01 projects
        ENSC 894/CMPT 885 Spring '00 projects

    Note: Past ENSC 833, ENSC 835, ENSC 894, and ENSC 895 projects have been submitted by graduate students. ENSC 427 students will not be expected to deliver the same scope and level of difficulty for their projects. These links are provided with the intention to generate ideas and elicit your interest.

    Text:
    J. Kurose and K. W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 7/e, Pearson, 2017.

    Posted: January 10, 2020
    Due: January 19, 2020

    Last modified: Wed Jan 8 22:21:16 PST 2020.