Syllabus 2011/2012 ETSF05

Syllabus academic year 2011/2012
(Created 2011-09-01.)

INTERNET PROTOCOL

ETSF05

Credits: 9. Grading scale: TH. Cycle: G2 (First Cycle). Main field: Technology. Language of instruction: The course might be given in English. ETSF05 overlaps following cours/es: ETS052, ETS110 and ETSF10. Compulsory for: C2. Course coordinator: Assistant Lecturer Jens A Andersson, jens_a.andersson@eit.lth.se, Electrical and Information Technology. Recommended prerequisits: ETS130 Communication Systems. Assessment: Written exam and labs identical to ETSF10, and one additional exam for the first part of the course. Parts: 3. Home page: http://www.eit.lth.se/course/etsf05.

Aim
The course aims to provide the students with thorough knowledge, both theoretical and practical, about the physical and link layers and constructions of the most central internet protocols. In particular, a deeper technical understanding is provided for:

link protocols beyond ethernet
transport protocols
routing principles
application examples

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Be able to account for the underlying principles of some of the most central link protocols
Be able to account for the underlying principles of some of the most central internet protocols
Perform analysis and troubleshoot network traffic by interpreting and identifying the observed protocol behaviour from network data
Formulate a plan for configuring routing and switching equipment

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

Be able to use a network simulator for detailed analysis of protocol behaviour
Be able to configure network equipment aimed at control of network traffic

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

Be able to locate and extract relevant technical data out of public protocol standards (IETF RFCs and the like).

Contents
The course implies deepened studies of IP network technology. The elements of the course are theoretical as well as practical (primarily in the form of lectures and labs).The course assumes basic knowledge of computer communication in general and TCP/IP in particular, where especially different types of link protocols, transport protocols, and routing principles are treated.

Literature
Forouzan, B. "Data Communications and Networking", 4th ed., McGrawHill, ISBN: 0072967757

Parts

Code: 0110. Name: Examination.
Higher education credits: 4,5. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Written exam.

Code: 0210. Name: Laboratory Work.
Higher education credits: 3. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Written report.

Code: 0310. Name: Examination.
Higher education credits: 1,5. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Short written exam. Contents: The first 1.5hp of the course.