Course Catalog 2009-2010
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Course Catalog 2009-2010

TLT-2106 Basic Course on Networking, 5 cr

Person responsible

Piotr Mitoraj, Jakub Jakubiak, Evgeny Kucheryavy

Implementations

No implementations

Requirements

Lectures, exercise work (homework and laboratories), assignment, exam
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

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; mobile networks: GSM, GPRS, UMTS     


Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   Data and Computer Communications   W. Stallings       6 - 7th editions      English  


Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
OHJ-1016 Computer Literacy Advisable    

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.

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
TLT-2106 Basic Course on Networking, 5 cr TLT-2100 Basic course on networking, 5 cr  
TLT-2106 Basic Course on Networking, 5 cr TLT-2316 Computer Networking I, 5 cr  
TLT-2106 Basic Course on Networking, 5 cr 8304500 Basic course on networking, 3 cu  

Last modified24.08.2009
ModifierEvgeny Kucheryavy