A worldwide flock of Condors: load sharing among workstation clusters
Future Generation Computer Systems - Special issue: resource management in distributed systems
Education of wireless and ATM networking concepts using hands-on laboratory experience
SIGCSE '99 The proceedings of the thirtieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
A chat room assignment for teaching network security
Proceedings of the thirty-second SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer Science Education
Using an isolated network laboratory to teach advanced networks and security
Proceedings of the thirty-second SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer Science Education
From RS-232 to object request brokers: incremental object-oriented networking projects
Proceedings of the thirty-second SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer Science Education
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Many educators and students find the concepts in a computer networking class challenging. To assist with course pedagogy, many instructors assign hands-on projects which force the students to incorporate their newly learned concepts into a real-world environment. One possible type of project that requires "hands-on" ability is to ask the students to create a new protocol for a hypothetical or actual application. In this paper we will examine how one can create the BidNet protocol to support distributed program execution. The students will examine existing protocols looking for strengths and weaknesses, create a set of request and response primitives, design the frame / packet layouts, and decide at what layer the protocol should operate. As a final optional task, the student can evaluate the effectiveness of the protocol by performing an analytical calculation, use a canned protocol verification program, create a simulation study, or create a series of programs which incorporate the protocol.