Course Catalog 2007-2008

TLT-2106 BASIC COURSE ON NETWORKING, 5 cr
Basic Course on Networking

Courses persons responsible
Evgeny Kucheryavy

Lecturers
Jakub Jakubiak

Lecturetimes and places
Per I,II: Monday 17 - 20, TB111

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture 3 h/week 2 h/week - - - -
Exercise work 1 h/week 1 h/week - - - -
Assignment 10 h/week 20 h/week - - - -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2007-2008)

Objectives
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       

Requirements for completing the course
Lectures, exercise work (homework and laboratories), assignment, exam

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

  • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Book Data and Computer Communications W. Stallings     6 - 7th editions Yes  English 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    OHJ-1016 OHJ-1016 Computer Literacy 4 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    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.

    Remarks

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

  • Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 75
    Assignments 32
    Laboratory assignments 12
    Total sum 119

    Correspondence of content
    8304500 Basic course on networking

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    Last modified 10.02.2007
    Modified byJarmo Harju