Massimo DE SANTO | Computer Networks
Massimo DE SANTO Computer Networks
cod. 0612700042
COMPUTER NETWORKS
| 0612700042 | |
| DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA DELL'INFORMAZIONE ED ELETTRICA E MATEMATICA APPLICATA | |
| COMPUTER ENGINEERING | |
| 2015/2016 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 3 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2012 | |
| PRIMO SEMESTRE |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INF/01 | 9 | 90 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| LEARNING OBJECTIVES: THE COURSE PROVIDES THE METHODOLOGY AND TOOLS FOR A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF COMPUTER NETWORKS. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS PAID TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF NETWORKS AND THEIR BASIC SERVICES. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERMINOLOGY USED IN THE CONTEXT OF COMPUTER NETWORKS, OF THE MODELS USED FOR REPRESENTING NETWORK ARCHITECTURE AND OF NETWORKS DESIGN METHODOLOGY. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE THE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN OF A LAN NETWORK AND ITS CONNECTION TO THE INTERNET, AND SERVICES THAT IT WILL PROVIDE BASIC. MAKING JUDGEMENTS BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE MOST APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR DESIGNING AND REALIZING A LOCAL AREA NETWORK AND CONNECTING IT TO THE INTERNET. COMMUNICATION SKILLS ABILITY TO PERFORM AN ORAL PRESENTATION OF COMPUTER NETWORKS ISSUES MAKING USE OF APPROPRIATE SCHEMATICS. TEAM WORKING. LEARNING SKILLS ABILITY TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE TO CONTEXTS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PRPRESENTED DURING THE COURSE |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| PREREQUISITES BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS AND MATHEMATICAL COMPETENCE ARE REQUIRED FOR THE SUCCESSFUL ACHIEVEMENT OF COURSE OBJECTIVES |
| Contents | |
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| INTRODUCTION COMPUTER NETWORKS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. LOCAL (LAN), METROPOLITAN (MAN) AND WIDE (WAN) AREA NETWORKS. NETWORK PROTOCOLS AND THEIR HIERARCHY. INTERFACES AND SERVICES. OSI REFERENCE MODEL AND TCP / IP LECTURES HOURS 6 APPLICATION LEVEL MAIN PROTOCOLS. NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEMS. WORLD WIDE WEB: HTTP; EMAIL: SMTP, MIME, POP AND IMAP; FILE TRANSFER: FTP; TELNET; DNS. THE SOCKET PROGRAMMING INTERFACE. LECTURES HOURS 6 EXERCISES HOURS 4 TRANSPORT LEVEL RELIABLE TRANSPORT SERVICES. ERROR CONTROL. FLOW CONTROL. CONNECTIONLESS TRANSPORT: UDP. CONNECTION-ORIENTED TRANSPORT: TCP. LECTURES HOURS 6 EXERCISES HOURS 4 LABS HOURS 4 NETWORK LEVEL ROUTING ALGORITHMS. INTERNETWORKING. NETWORK LEVEL OF THE INTERNET. IP PROTOCOL AND ITS EVOLUTION (IPV6). IP ADDRESSING. ACTIVE NETWORK DEVICES: ROUTER. LECTURES HOURS 6 EXERCISES HOURS 4 LABS HOURS 4 DATALINK LEVEL IEEE 802 STANDARD. ETHERNET AND ITS EVOLUTION. ACTIVE NETWORK DEVICES: HUB, BRIDGE, REPEATER. WIRELESS NETWORKS: INTRODUCTION. LECTURES HOURS 6 EXERCISES HOURS 4 LABS HOURS 5 PHYSICAL LEVEL TRANSMISSION MEANS. COPPER CABLES. FIBER OPTIC CABLES. DATA TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUES. SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSMISSION. FDM, TDM, CDMA, SONET-SDH. LECTURES HOURS 6 EXERCISES HOURS 4 LOCAL NETWORKS DESIGN STRUCTURED CABLING SYSTEMS AND THEIR STANDARDS. METHODOLOGY AND TOOLS FOR THE DESIGN AND CERTIFICATION OF STRUCTURED CABLING SYSTEMS. LECTURES HOURS 6 LABS HOURS 12 TOTAL LESSON HOURS 45 EXERCISES HOURS 20 LABS HOURS 25 |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| TEACHING METHODS LECTURES, GUIDED EXERCISES AND LABS. GUIDED TOURS TO NETWORK COMPANIES. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| THE FINAL EXAM WILL BE DONE THROUGH A WRITTEN TEST AND AN ORAL INTERVIEW. TO PASS THE EXAM, THE STUDENT MUST DEMONSTRATE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAIN CONCEPTS PRESENTED IN THE COURSE AND BE ABLE TO APPLY THEM IN GUIDED CONTEXTS. THE VOTE IS EXPRESSED IN 30/30 AND DEPENDS ON THE MATURITY EXHBITED IN PRESENTING THE COURSE CONTENT, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE QUALITY OF THE ORAL PRESENTATION AND THE ABILITY OF MAKING JUDGMENTS DEMONSTRATED. |
| Texts | |
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| J. KUROSE, K. ROSS, INTERNET E RETI DI CALCOLATORI, VI ED. PEARSON, PARAVIA ITALIA, 2013 SUGGESTED READINGS A. TANENBAUM, D. WHETERALL, RETI DI CALCOLATORI, V ED., 2011, PEARSON B. FOROUZAN, RETI DI CALCOLATORI E INTERNET, MCGRAW-HILL 2008 |
| More Information | |
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| IN THE "MATERIALI DIDATTICI" AREA OF THE COURSE SITE, ADDITIONAL LEARNING MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE. |
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