Internet Protocols
5
Networking and Services
Advanced studies
The goal of the course is to make the students conversant with the key protocols that are essential for the operation of the Internet and to understand specifically how the network and transport layer protocols operate, including the design principles used. Prerequisites: Introduction to Data Communication. Course book: Comer D. E.: Internetworking with TCP/IP, Vol. 1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture, 6th ed., Pearson, 2013.
Lectures
| Time | Room | Lecturer | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12-14 | D122 | Markku Kojo | 07.09.2010-13.10.2010 |
| Wed 14-16 | D122 | Markku Kojo | 07.09.2010-13.10.2010 |
Exercise groups
| Time | Room | Instructor | Date | Observe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 16-18 | C222 | Laila Daniel | 06.09.2010—15.10.2010 |
| Time | Room | Instructor | Date | Observe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 14-16 | BK107 | Laila Daniel | 06.09.2010—15.10.2010 |
Exercises begin on the first lecture week.
Information for international students
This course is in English.
General
The course is an advanced module course in the Networking and Services sub-programme.
The course suits well to students of the other sub-progremmes being interested in learning more about computer networking.
The goal of the course is to make the students conversant with the key protocols that are essential for the operation of the Internet and to understand specifically how the network and transport layer protocols operate, including the design principles used.
Course Description / Kurssikuvaus (In Finnish)
Course Exam: Mon October 18, 2010 at 16-19 CK112
Completing the course
A passing grade can be achieved either
- by active participation to the course
- or by taking a separate exam.
The course includes
- 24 hours of lectures (4 h / week)
- 6 * 2 hours of exercises (2 h / week)
- course exam (2,5 hours)
Passing the course by active participation requires
- taking the course exam (max. 50 points available, min. 25 points required for passing)
- participating actively in the weekly exercices that may give max. 10 points.
The grading is based on the total points achieved. A passing grade requires at least 30 points in total.
Exercises:
- Active participation to the exercises is highly recommended and known to be useful.
- Collecting exercise points requires active participation in exercises by preparing the answers to the exercise tasks before the exercise group meets. The answers need not to be perfect, but should be in the right ballpark.
- In the beginning of the exercise session each student marks to a name list the tasks that she/he has completed (the name list is provided by the instructor). A marked task means that the student is prepared to present her/his answer to the group.
- Each completed exercise task gives one exercise task point (ETP).
- In total there will be 36 exercise tasks, giving max. 36 ETPs. Roughly 3 ETPs gives one (1) execise point and 30 ETPs gives the maximum 10 exercise points.
The exercise points are valid with the course exam and also with the first separate exam after the course.
Literature and material
Course Book:
Comer D. E.: Internetworking with TCP/IP, Vol. 1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture (5th ed.), Prentice-Hall, 2006.
A part of the course material is also based on RFC documents (IETF RFCs) . See "Course Content" below for more details.
Other Literature:
- James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross: Computer Networking, A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, (4th ed.), Addison Wesley, 2007.
- Andrew Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, (4th ed), Pearson Education, 2003;
- William Stallings, Computer Networking with Internet Protocols and Technology. Prentice Hall 2004.
- Christian Huitema: Routing in the Internet, (2nd ed.), Prentice Hall, 2000.
Lecture Notes:
Lecture notes appear weekly here.
Course Content:
A more detailed description of the course content is available here.
Exercises:
Weekly exercises.