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582202 Introduction to Data Communication (4 op)

Examinations



o Course exam 25.2.2009

The results of the course exam are in the intranet.

You can check your answer papers and discuss their grading on Friday the 20th of March at 1:00-2:00 pm in room D214.

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The course exam will be on Wednesday the 25th of February starting at 4 pm in A111.
The duration of the exam will be will be 2.5 hours.
The exam area will include all the matters covered in lectures and exercise problems, excluding PPP and CDMA.
The course content (about 380 pages from the course book):

  1. Chapter 1: Computer Networks and the Internet
    What is the Internet, The Network Core, The Network Edge, Access Networks and Physical Media, Delay and Loss in Packet-Switched Networks, Protocol Layers and Their Service Models
  2. Chapter 2: Application Layer
    Principles of Network Applications, The Web and HTTP, File Transfer: FTP, Electronic Mail in the Internet, DNS - The Internet's Directory Service, P2P File Sharing, Socket Programming
  3. Chapter 3 (excluding 3.6): Transport Layer
    Introduction and Transport-Layer Services, Multiplexing and Demultiplexing, Connectionless transport: UDP, Principles of Reliable Data Transfer, Connection-Oriented Transport: TCP, TCP Congestion Control
  4. Chapter 4.1-4.5 (excluding 4.4.3-4.4.5): Network Layer
    Introduction, What's Inside a Router?, The Internet Protocol (IP): Forwarding and Addressing in the Internet, Routing Algorithms (Link State Routing, Distande Vector Routing, Hierarchical Routing)
  5. Chapter 5.1-5.6: Link Layer and Local Area Networks
    Link Layer: Introduction and Services, Error-Detection and -Correction Techniques, Multiple Access Protocols, Link-layer Addressing (MAC, ARP, DHCP), Ethernet (Frame structure, CSMA/CD), Interconnections: Hubs and Switches
  6. Chapter 6.1-6.3 (excluding 6.2.1, 6.3.4, 6.3.5 ja 6.3.6)
    Introduction, Wireless Links and Network Characteristics, WiFi:802.11 Wireless LANs (The 802.11 Architecture, The 802.11 MAC Protocol, The IEEE 802.11 Frame)
  7. Chapters 1.6: Networks Under Attack, 8.1: What is Network Security?, 8.9.1: Firewalls.


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