University of Helsinki Department of Computer Science  
Last updated January 17th, 2000
University of Helsinki
Department of Computer Science

58069-8 Data Communications (4ov)

Spring 2000

Tietoliikenteen suomenkielinen kotisivu: http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/ /u/marttine/tili00/kotisivu.html/

General Information

For general information on the course (position in studies, course prerequisites, aims, course material etc.), please take a look at http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/kurssit/kuvaukset/58069-8E.html.

Teaching

Lectures (in Finnish)

181.-31.3. Tuesday, Friday 12-14 Auditorio (Teollisuuskatu 23) (Liisa Marttinen)

Exercises

Exercises are done as homework and the solutions will be discussed afterwards in small groups. The exercise questions are given on lectures and they will also be published on-line, here.

Exercise Groups 24.1-7.4 


       1. Tuntiop. Sampo Pyysalo                    Tue 10-12 A318
       2. Tuntiop. Sampo Pyysalo                    Tue 14-16 A318
       3. Ass. Tiina Niklander                      Tue 14-16 B450
       4. Ass. Tiina Niklander                      Tue 16-18 A319
       5. Leht. Liisa Marttinen (in English)        Wed 12-14 A318
       6. Leht. Liisa Marttinen                     Wed 10-12 B450
       7. Tuntiop. Sasu Tarkoma                     Fri 10-12 C454
       8. Tuntiop. Sasu Tarkoma                     Fri 14-16 C454

Course Material

The course book is 
Tanenbaum, Data Communications (3rd Edition), 1996
Other reading material:
  • Pederson, Davie, Computer Networks, A Systems Approach, Morgan Kaufman, 1996
  • Halsall, Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems, Addison-Wesley 1996 (4. painos)
  • Stallings, Data and Computer Communications, MacMillan 1994 (4.painos)

    Passing the Course

    Active participation in the exercises is required to be able to pass the course with intermediate exams: 
         Wednesday  1.3. 10-13   room 1 in University Main Building
     Monday    10.4. 10-14   room 1 in University Main Building

    From the course exercises you can get max 10 points and max 50 points from the exam. You should get at least 10 points from each exam. You need about 30 points to pass the course and about 51 points to get the highest credits 3/3.

    Contents

    1. Introduction
2. The Physical Layer
3. The Data Link Layer
4. The Medium Access Sublayer
5. The Network Layer
6. The Transport Layer