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Revision as of 09:28, 13 January 2011
Announcements
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Don't forget to register with FlexNow! The final FlexNow registration deadline is 3 February 2011. |
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On 27 January 2011 the lecture as well as the exercise will take place in room MN 09. |
Older 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 | |||
| 4 Nov. 2010 | Link Layer I | |||
| 11 Nov. 2010 | Link Layer II | |||
| 18 Nov. 2010 | Network Layer I | |||
| 25 Nov. 2010 | Network Layer II | |||
| 2 Dec. 2010 | Network Layer III | |||
| 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.