Course Catalog 2009-2010 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Person responsible

Piotr Mitoraj, Jakub Jakubiak, Evgeny Kucheryavy

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 1, 2 : Monday 17 - 19, TB111

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

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.

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1	During this course you will take the competence 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 some advanced topics. The course contains the essential knowledge on mandatory issues requested by all high-tech employers, which deal at least with research, consulting and service providing.	Lectures Practical works Laboratory assignments	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	24.08.2009
Modifier	Evgeny Kucheryavy