Vorlesung Telematik - "Computer Networks"

Die Veranstaltung findet regelmäßig im Wintersemester statt. Die Uebungen und Vorlesungsunterlage bitte sehen Sie in StudIP.

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Course Description

Principles and basic understanding of computer networking, with an emphasis on the Internet. Topics include: the structure and components of computer networks, protocols and formal specification methods, packet switching, layered architectures, TCP/IP, error control, window flow control, local area networks, network layer and mobility, transport layer and congestion control, Quality of Service and multimedia networking, network management and security, and other current research topics.

 

After this course students should have general knowledge on basic concepts of networking, how the Internet works and basic network programming. 

 

The teaching assistant for the exercises is Mr. Deguang Le

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Textbook

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

Additional References

• W. Richard Stevens, "TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols", Addison-Wesley, 1994.
• W. Richard Stevens, "UNIX Network Programming, Volume 1: Networking APIs", 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 1997.

Prerequisites

Computer Science I, II; basic familiarity with UNIX and C.

Previous course websites

• Wintersemester 2002/2003
• Wintersemester 2003/2004
• Wintersemester 2004/2005

Contact: Xiaoming Fu (fu@informatik.uni-goettingen.de)