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TLT-2106 BASIC COURSE ON NETWORKING, 5 cr
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Courses persons responsible
Evgeny Kucheryavy
Lecturetimes and places
Per I: Monday 15 - 19, TB224
Per II: Monday 16 - 19, TB224
Implementations
| Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | Period 4 | Period 5 | Summer | |
| Lecture | 3 h/week | 2 h/week | - | - | - | - |
| Exercise work | 1 h/week | 1 h/week | - | - | - | - |
| Assignment | 10 h/week | 20 h/week | - | - | - | - |
| Exam | ||||||
Objectives
During this course you will learn about fundamentals on data and computer communications. Lectures provide an introduction to the range of topics including OSI and TCP/IP protocol suite, LAN and access networks. Moreover, the detailed information on Internet and Internet routing will be presented. The course also covers mobile networks like GSM, GPRS and UMTS.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Introduction to data & computer communications; basic concepts; layered models including OSI and TCP/IP; difference | ||
| 2. | Local Area Networks (LANs); standards; IEEE 802.x family; Ethernet in detail; building of Ethernet segment | ||
| 3. | Notes on IP networks addressing; routing in IP networks: internal and external routing protocols; LSP and DVP types of routing protocols; IPv4/IPv6: principles, transition scenarios | ||
| 4. | Transport layer protocols: UDP and TCP, applications and philosophy; TCP in detail | ||
| 5. | Transmission networks: ATM, SDH; virtual LANs and LAN Emulation (LANE), access networks: WLANs, CDMA, WCDMA. |
Requirements for completing the course
Lectures, exercise work (homework and laboratories), assignment, exam
Evaluation criteria for the course
Study material
| Type | Name | Auhor | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability... | Exam material | Language |
| Book | Data and Computer Communications | W. Stallings | 6 - 7th editions | Yes | English |
Prerequisites
| Code | Course | Credits | M/R |
| OHJ-1016 | OHJ-1016 Computer Literacy | 4 | Recommendable |
Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)
Additional information about prerequisites
The students are supposed to have basic knowledge about information technology, such as the concept of digital data, the operation of computers and the Internet.
Remarks
Scaling
| Methods of instruction | Hours |
| Lectures | 75 |
| Assignments | 32 |
| Laboratory assignments | 12 |
| Total sum | 119 |
Correspondence of content
8304500 Basic course on networking
| Last modified | 14.08.2007 |
| Modified by | Evgeny Kucheryavy |