Year:11/12
Department:Computing and Communications (School of)
Level:Part II (any yr)
Learning Hours:150
Credit Points:15
Weight:0.5
Course Convenor:Dr AJ Friday
Status:Live
Assessment Rules
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Curriculum Design: Outline Syllabus
back to topOverview; internetworking; bridges and gateways; WANs; ISDN and B-ISDN; ATM.
Fundamentals of data communication; Internet communication protocols; Programming network systems; Routing traffic in the Internet; Traffic queues and multiplexing; Protocol stacks and layering; Implementing protocols; Application level protocols using Email as an example; Bootstrapping networked systems; Controlling signal transmission in networks; Controlling data transmission; Token based systems: Token Bus and Ring; Carrier sense systems: Ethernet; Resilience and Fairness; Integrated Services including B-ISDN and ATM
Educational Aims: Subject Specific: Knowledge, Understanding and Skills
back to topTo develop a better understanding of the way network systems are evolving to address the many challenges of building high-speed multi-service networks.
Learning Outcomes: Subject Specific: Knowledge, Understanding and Skills
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On successful completion of this course students should be able to demonstrate a good understanding of modern network systems. A student should be able to describe and critically evaluate a range of communication protocols used within data- and tele-communications networks and understand the relationships between these protocols.
Students should have a detailed knowledge of a range of current commercial networking systems including ISDN, ATM, Broadband ISDN, and common local area network systems and should be able to critically evaluate them in terms of performance and application suitability. Curriculum Design: Select Bibliography
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[A] A.S.Tanenbaum "Computer Networks" (3rd ed.) Prentice-Hall 1996.
ISBN 0-13-349945-6
[C] F.Halsall "Data Communications, Computer Networks & Open Systems" (4th ed) Addison-Wesley 1996.
ISBN 0-201-42293-X
