Course detail
Computer and Communication Networks
FEKT-MPC-PKSAcad. year: 2024/2025
Students become familiar with structure and architecture or networks; theory of packet-switching networks; reference models; applications (HTTP, FTP, SMTP, DNS); the TCP/IP protocol suite (TCP, UDP, IP, routing, flow control, IP addressing); transmission media; local computer networks, media-access methods; Ethernet (principle, variants, switches, VLAN, PoE), wireless network 802.11; broadband WAN technologies; multimedia applications (RTP, SIP, VoIP services, QoS); network security (basics of cryptography, authentication, integrity, certificates, SSL); management and programming.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Evaluation of activities is specified by a regulation, which is issued by the lecturer responsible for the course annually.
Aims
The graduate is able to: (a) understand basic theoretical principles of computer networks; (b) describe functions of individual components and protocols; (c) utilize network communication in designed instruments; (d) design and configure local networks.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
KUROSE, J. F., ROSS, K.W.,Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition). USA:Pearson, 2016. ISBN: 978-0133594140. (EN)
Recommended reading
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Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2. Basic application-layer services: HTTP, FTP, SMTP, DNS.
3. Transport layer: communication protocols, implementation of UDP and TCP.
4. Network layer: mathematical theory of routing, IP protocol.
5. Link and physical layers: basic principles of data transmission, coding, and protocols.
6. Transmission media, comparison, basic parameters.
7. Local networks I. Topology, shared medium access. Standard IEEE 802.
8. Local networks II. Ethernet as dominating technology (100Mbs - 100Gbs). Hubs, switches, VLAN, flow control, QoS in LAN, STP.
9. Wireless networks 802.11.
10. Broadband technologies, photonic networks.
11. Multimedia services: RTP, VoIP, QoS in IP networks.
12. Security: ciphers, data integrity, certificates, SSL.
13. Network management, SNMP.
Exercise in computer lab
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Communication using UDP, traffic analysis.
2. Communication using TCP.
3. Routing and addressing in IP networks - I.
4. Routing and addressing in IP networks - II.
5. DHCP and DNS.
6. Firewall, NAT.
Laboratory exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2. Properties of hubs and switches, priority mechanisms.
3. Configuration of VLAN, security on link layer.
4. Access point 802.11, configuration, security.
5. VoIP, configuration of phone and PBX, subjective tests.
6. TCP/IP, macroscopic behavior (reaction on packet loss and delay).
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