Computer Networks (Winter 2010/2011)

Announcements

This course was previously called Telematik.

Details

Workload/ECTS Credits:	120h, 4 ECTS
Module:	B.Inf.902: Telematik
Lecturer:	{{{lecturer}}}
Teaching assistant:	Niklas Neumann, Florian Tegeler
Time:	Thursdays, 10.15 - 11.45 (Exercise: 12.00 - 12.45 s.t.)
Place:	GZG - MN08
UniVZ	[1], [2]

Please note: In the following summer semester there will be an exam-only version of this course.

Course description

Principles and basic understanding of computer networking, with an emphasis on the Internet. Topics include: the concepts and components of computer networks, protocol engineering and formal specification basis, 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 an introduction to current research topics. After this course students should have general knowledge on basic concepts of networking, how the Internet works and basic network programming.

Schedule

Date	Topic	Slides	Excercises	Excercise notes
28 Oct. 2010	Introduction & Layering	pdf	pdf	pdf
4 Nov. 2010	Link Layer I	pdf	pdf
11 Nov. 2010	Link Layer II	pdf	pdf
18 Nov. 2010	Network Layer I
25 Nov. 2010	Network Layer II; Routing I
2 Dec. 2010	Routing II; Mobility
9 Dec. 2010	Transport Layer I
16 Dec. 2010	Transport Layer II
6 Jan. 2011	Networked Multimedia
13 Jan. 2011	Quality of Service
20 Jan. 2011	Network Security I
27 Jan. 2011	Network Security II
3 Feb. 2011	Questions & Answers Session
10 Feb. 2011	Written Examination

Materials

• All the relevant course material can be downloaded from this web page.

Exercises

• Thursdays, 12.00-12.45 s.t (afterwards the lecture)
• The exercises are intended to allow students a better understanding of the lecture and to prepare for the final exam.
• If there are - despite careful checking - errors in the exercise sheets please let us know! Please contact [3].

Textbook

• J. Kurose and K. Ross, "Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet", 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 2002.
• A. S. Tanenbaum, "Computer Networks", 4th edition, Prentice Hall, 2002.

Both books are also available in German.

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.

Other Resources

• Movie: "Warriors of the Net" [4]

Prerequisites

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