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Valid for year : 2010
 
TSIN01 Information Networks, 6 ECTS credits.
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For:   COS   CS   D   I   Ii   IT   SY   Y  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 28
Rec. self-study hours: 132

  Area of Education: Technology

Main field of studies: Compter Engineering, Information Technology

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A

Aim:
The course aims at the understanding of how an information network works and of how the choice of parameters affects its performance. The course intends to give a good knowledge about a few methods of analysing and important aspects of communication in networks. The central theme of the course is how good communication networks can we design and what methods of analysis can we use. After completing the course the student is expected to be able to:
  • describe different queueing models as well as models for the packet arrivals in an information network.
  • describe protocols for multiple access to a shared media.
  • give an account of properties of mechanisms in protocols for multiple access to a shared media
  • formulate assumptions to model and analyse information networks and discuss how valid these assumptions are.
  • perform typical calculations within the different parts covered by the course.
  • perform various splitting algorithms for packet collision resolution.


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Basic knowledge in Statistics.

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:
The course consists of lectures, problem-solving classes and a home assignment.
Course contents:
Lectures and exercise sessions treat the following topics about information networks:
  • Queueing models and Markov chains
  • Arrival statistics - the Poisson process
  • Slotted multiple access and the Aloha system
  • Performance analysis of multiple access systems
  • Splitting Algorithms
  • Carrier sensing: CSMA/CD (LAN/Ethernet access) and CSMA/CA (Wireless LAN access)
  • Packet radio networks
  • Routing methods and algorithms


Course literature:
Bertsekas och Gallager: "Data Networks", 2nd ed., ISBN 0-13-200916-1 (paperback ISBN 0-132-01674-5).

Examination:
Written examination
Assignment report
 4 ECTS
2 ECTS
 


Course language is English.
Department offering the course: ISY.
Director of Studies: Lasse Alfredsson
Examiner: Eleftherios Karipidis
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Last updated: 06/27/2011