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
Recording
Excercises
Excercise notes
28 Oct. 2010
Introduction & Layering
4 Nov. 2010
Link Layer I
11 Nov. 2010
Link Layer II
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].
