Internet Protocols

582498
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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.

Exam

18.10.2013 09.00 A111
Year Semester Date Period Language In charge
2013 autumn 03.09-09.10. 1-1 English Markku Kojo

Lectures

Time Room Lecturer Date
Tue 12-14 B222 Markku Kojo 03.09.2013-09.10.2013
Wed 14-16 B222 Markku Kojo 03.09.2013-09.10.2013
Tue 14-15 C222 Markku Kojo 24.09.2013-01.10.2013

Exercise groups

Group: 1
Time Room Instructor Date Observe
Wed 16-18 C222 Laila Daniel 11.09.2013—11.10.2013

Exercises begin on the first lecture week.

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-programmes 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.

Prerequisites:

Introduction to Data Communications (Tietoliikenteen perusteet) or corresponding knowledge.

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)  (Date: October 18, 2013 at 9-12 o'clock, room A111)

Passing the course by active participation requires

  • taking the course exam (max. 50 points available,  min. 25 points required for passing the exam)
  • 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.

 

Exam and Course Results

 

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 OR (6th ed.), Pearson, 2013.

A part of the course material is also based on RFC documents (IETF RFCs) . See  "Course Content" below for more details on the required reading material.

Other Literature:

  • James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross: Computer Networking, A Top-Down Approach, (6th ed.), Addison Wesley, 2013. (Also the previous 3rd, 4th and 5th editions can be used.)
  • 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. It includes the exact set of reading material as required in this course. See "Course Book and other reading material" for each section of the course.

 

Exercises:

Weekly  exercises. NOTE: the exercise group will meet in room C222 on Wednesdays at 16-18!

                          (For now we do not establish another exercise group)

Rules for active participation in exercise sessions