| TNK108 |
Computer Networking, 6 ECTS credits.
/Datornät/
For:
KTS
TSL
|
| |
Prel. scheduled
hours: 48
Rec. self-study hours: 112
|
| |
Area of Education: Technology
Main field of studies: Computer Engineering
|
| |
Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G2
|
|
Aim:
The aim is that the students after completed course should be able to:
- Identify the most important components of the Internet
- Describe the principles of client-server and peer-to-peer communication
- Describe the differences in characteristics of different functions and protocols used in the Internet
- Compare and explain application areas of different application and transport protocols
- Relate expressions, components and techniques to the right level of the TCP/IP model
- Describe the function of the network layer and the implementation in TCP/IP
- Describe basic functions and current technologies to accomplish network security
- Explain possibilities and limitations of real time communication via Internet
- Implement basic communication solutions
- Quantitatively model selected functions in a TCP/IP network
- Define and calculate key performance metrics in packet switched networks
- Explain the principals of medium access control
|
|
Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Telecommunication systems, Programming, Object-Oriented Programming, or equivalent.
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.
|
|
Supplementary courses:
Data communication and Internet, Mobile communication.
|
|
Organisation:
The course consists of lectures and computer lab assignments.
|
|
Course contents:
The overall aim of the course is to provide knowledge within computer networking, with focus on TCP/IP.
|
|
Course literature:
Kurose J, Ross K, Computer Networking - A Top Down Approach Featuring the Internet, together with additional material.
|
|
Examination: |
|
Written examination
Laboratory work
|
3 ECTS
3 ECTS
|
| |
|
|
Course language is English.
Department offering the course: ITN.
Director of Studies: Erik Bergfeldt
Examiner: Evangelos Angelakis
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
|