Study Guide@lith
 

Linköping Institute of Technology

 
 
Valid for year : 2017
 
TSIN01 Information Networks, 6 ECTS credits.
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For:   CS   D   DAV   I   Ii   IT   SY   U   Y  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 36
Rec. self-study hours: 124

  Area of Education: Technology

Main field of studies: Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A

Aim:
The course aim is to provide understanding of how a packet-oriented information network works and how the choice of technology can affect its performance. The course intends to give good knowledge of the fundamental methods for multiple-access and routing in network communications. After completing the course the student is expected to be able to:
  • describe the slotted multiple-access model, as well as the Poisson model for 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 to implement the various algorithms covered in the course.


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Basic knowledge of Probability theory.

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 of Information Networks:
  • Layered network architecture and the OSI model.
  • Slotted multiple-access models and Markov chains.
  • Arrival statistics and the Poisson process.
  • ALOHA system (slotted and unslotted) and stabilization.
  • Splitting algorithms: tree and FCFS algorithms.
  • Performance analysis of multiple-access systems.
  • Carrier sensing: CSMA ALOHA, CSMA/CD, and CSMA/CA.
  • Packet radio networks and IEEE 802.11 protocols.
  • Routing algorithms: minimum-weight spanning trees and shortest-path algorithms.


Course literature:
Dimitri Bertsekas / Robert Gallager: "Data Networks", second edition, 1992, ISBN 9780132009164.

Examination:
Written examination
Assignment report
4 ECTS
2 ECTS
 



Course language is English.
Department offering the course: ISY.
Director of Studies: Klas Nordberg
Examiner: Danyo Danev
Link to the course homepage at the department


Course Syllabus in Swedish

Linköping Institute of Technology

 


Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 11/08/2016