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Teaching simplified network protocols

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We created a course that, beginning from a hypothetical shared light bulb as our physical layer, introduced students to a hierarchy of simplified versions of network protocols, including Ethernet, IP, and TCP. This paper describes those simplified protocols, along with the Java framework students used to implement and simulate them.

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  • (2020)Rethinking the role of simulation in computer networks educationJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges10.5555/3381631.338164035:4(60-67)Online publication date: 30-Jan-2020

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SIGCSE '10: Proceedings of the 41st ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
March 2010
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ISBN:9781450300063
DOI:10.1145/1734263
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  1. ethernet
  2. ip
  3. network
  4. programming
  5. protocol
  6. simulation
  7. tcp

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