Course detail

Data Communications, Computer Networks and Protocols

FIT-PDSAcad. year: 2024/2025

Transport protocols. Routing algorithms.Switch and router design. Packet classification. Principles of P2P communication. Packet processing in the operating system. Intrusion detection. Data centres, software defined networks, virtual network functions. Content delivery networks. Privacy and anonymity on computer networks.

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Matoušek, Ph.D., M.A.

Department

Department of Information Systems (UIFS)

Entry knowledge

Set theory, graph theory and relations. Basics of communication protocols. Principles of the Internet.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Written mid-term exam and submission of project in due time.There is only one fixed date for the mid-term exam, which is not repeated.

Aims

Understand the principles and implementation of network algorithms in computer networks. Become familiar with the design of common network devices. Learn advanced methods for classification and analysis of network traffic and for error detection in computer communications.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

D. Medhi, K. Ramasamy: Network Routing. Algorithms, Protocols, and Architecture. 2nd Edition, Elsevier, 2018.
Andrew Tanenbaum and David Wetherall. Computer Networks. Pearson, Global edition, 2021.
George Varghese. Network Algorithmics. Elsevier, Inc., 2005.
James Aweya. Switch/Router Architectures. Shared-Bus and Shared-Memory Based Systems. Wiley-IEEE Press, 1st edition, 2018.
James Aweya. Switch/Router Architectures. Systems with Crossbar Switch Farbrics. CRC Press, 1st edition, 2019.