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Course Description

This course is for both undergraduate and graduate students to gain an understanding of fundamentals of computer networks and the Internet. The focus is on networking principles, including layering and packet switching concepts, routing and internetworking, transport layer, multimedia networking, quality of service and security.

Prerequisites

Computer Science I, II.

General Schedule

Lecture time: Monday, 11:15-13:00
First lecture: October 18, 2004
Room: MN 68, Lotzestr. 16-18 (1.0G)
Final examination: January 31, 2005, Monday 9:00-11:00, MN67

1. Introduction: overview, layering, packet switching, protocol engineering
2. Data link layer: framing, error detection, ARQ, HDLC/PPP, Ethernet
3. Network layer 1: routing and routing protocols
4. Network layer 2: IP addressing, DNS, ICMP, NAT, IPv6, and multicast
5. Network layer 3: Mobile IP
6. Transport layer: transport layer services and socket, UDP, TCP; SCTP, DCCP
7. QoS and MPLS traffic engineering
8. Control-plane signaling and multimedia applications
9. Introduction and selected topics on  network security (Guest lecturer: Hannes Tschofenig, Siemens)
10. Recent advances and course review

Textbooks and additional references

• A. S. Tanenbaum, "Computer Networks", 4th edition, Prentice Hall, 2002. (main textbook)
• J. Kurose and K. Ross, "Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet", 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 2002. (alternative main textbook)
• Jochen Schiller, "Mobile Communications", 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 2003
• J. Ellsberger, D. Hogrefe, A. Sarma, "SDL - Formal Object-Oriented Language for Communicating Systems", Prentice Hall, 1997

Last update: Sept 14, 2004
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