Students from bachelor of engineering, computer-, cybernetics-, telematics- and other ict-studies
On course completion students shall:
- Have an understanding of what computer communication involves.
- Have an overall survey of the most inportant standards regarding data communication.
- Understand a protocol and be able to see it in a total communication relation.
- Be familiar with various network solutions.
- Be able to choose solutions on the basis of economic or functional criteria.
- Understand the structure and use of both Local Area network (LAN) and Wide Area network (WAN) with standards and protocols, emphasizing the Internet and TCP/IP.
Fundamentals:
Concepts, principles and standards. Protocols, end systems, client/server model, circuit and packet switching, connectionless and connection-oriented service, layered protocol architecture and their service models. Cabling, media, technology and network access.
OSI and The Internet Protocol stack:
Services in the layers, socket programming, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, multiplexing and demultiplexing, TCP, UDP, IP, routing, access procols (including wireless), addressing, hubs, switches, bridges, ATM.
Multimedia networking:
Streaming stored material, real time, Quality of Service.
Security in computer networks:
Principles of cryptography, authentication, integrity, key distribution and certification, access control, firewalls, attacks and countermeasures.
Network management:
The infrastructure for network management, Structure of management information (SMI), Management information base (MIB), SNMP, Security and admininstration.
