A student project for layered network protocol development

Author

Arora, Rajiv ; Albicki, Alexander

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Rochester Univ., NY, USA

Volume

34

Issue

4

fYear

1991

fDate

11/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

343

Lastpage

349

Abstract

A student project to accompany a course on computer interfacing and local area networks is described. The audience at which the course is aimed consists of beginning graduate students and seniors. The course addresses fundamental concepts in computer networks in general, and local networks in particular. Students are given the specification of a simple sliding window protocol that provides sequence control and error recovery over an unreliable data link. The task is to implement this protocol on the Apple Macintosh computer as a Layer-3 protocol using the services of the link access protocol (Layer 2) already existent on the machine as part of the Appletalk network. Typical implementations and the cost of benefits of utilizing inexpensive microcomputers for projects in the field of computer networks are discussed

Keywords

computer science education; educational courses; local area networks; protocols; Apple Macintosh computer; computer interfacing; computer networks; educational courses; error recovery; layered network protocol; local area networks; microcomputers; sequence control; simple sliding window protocol; student project; Access protocols; Computer errors; Computer interfaces; Computer networks; Education; Error correction; Helium; Local area networks; Microcomputers; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.102852

Filename

102852