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Valid for year : 2006
 
TDTS02 Computer Network Infrastructure, 6 ECTS credits.
/Infrastruktur för datornät/

For:   C   D   IT  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 34
Rec. self-study hours: 126

  Area of Education: Technology

Subject area: Computer Engineering

  Advancement level (A-D): D

Aim:
Participants will gain a deeper understanding of modern computer network infrastructure technologies, with a focus on IP-based networks. The course complements the basic computer network courses both in depth and in breadth.

Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
TDTS41 (Computer Networks), TDTS43 (Computer Networks and Distributed Systems), ETE232 (Computer Networks) or the equivalent. Interest in computer networks and familiarity with using Unix-like systems.

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Organisation:
Lectures, student-led seminars and exercises.

Course contents:
History of data networks. Ethernet MAC (10Mbit-10Gbit). Ethernet VLAN. Switching and STP. Asynchronous point-to-point connections. Optial networks. The optical layer. Optical components. WDM. SONET/SDH. Architectures for optical networks. Wireless networks: the IEEE 802.11 MAC. Network design (LAN and WAN). Routing and switching (RIP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS). Network topologies. Ring networks. Tunneling and VPNs. IPv4 and IPv6.

Course literature:
Article collection 2006 and standards from the Internet.

Examination:
Oral assignment
Written assignment
2 p
2 p
 
Grades are given as �?~Fail�?T or �?~Pass�?T.



Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IDA.
Director of Studies: Patrick Lambrix
Examiner: Nahid Shahmehri
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Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 05/22/2006