Textbook

The textbook for CPSC 441 is Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, by Jim Kurose and Keith Ross, Pearson. It is a very good book, so I encourage you to get access to a copy if you can.

We will be using the e-book version (8th edition) from 2021. If you are in the Bookstore, you should be able to get a CPSC 441 flyer for the book. Based on my query at the Bookstore, they will charge you $88.50 for 6-month online access to the book. Another option is to go online to the Pearson Education Canada site, where I think you can purchase 12-month student access for $49.99 plus taxes. If you want a hardcopy version of the textbook, the 7th edition from 2017 will have to suffice. Note that the 7th edition includes Software-Defined Networking (SDN), which earlier editions did not have.

Lecture material will be drawn primarily from this required textbook, though I will occasionally supplement lectures with some of my own slides, or selected content from the recent networking research literature.

Book Web Site

The textbook has a companion Web site for registered users, providing useful information for students and instructors. The supplementary material for students includes several demos and coding examples. The supplementary material for instructors includes slides, quizzes, assignments, programming projects, and sample solutions. I will be making use of some of these materials, particularly the applets, at various points during the course.