Internet Protocols
Internetprotokoll

ETSF10, 7.5 credits, G2 (First Cycle)

Valid for: 2024/25
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering LTH
Decided by: PLED C/D
Date of Decision: 2024-04-16
Effective: 2024-05-08

General Information

Depth of study relative to the degree requirements: First cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Mandatory for: C2
Elective for: D4-ns, E4-ks, MWIR1
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English

Aim

The course aims to provide the students with thorough knowledge, both theoretical and practical, about the most central protocols underpinning the Internet. In particular, a deeper technical understanding is provided for:

• link protocols beyond ethernet
• network layer protocols (IP)
• transport protocols
• routing principles
• application examples
• Data center networks using Software Defined Networks (SDN)

Learning outcomes

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,
• show knowledge and insight into how different protocols work together, supports and limits each other's functions and performance.

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

• be able to build network structures using SDN in the Linux kernel,
• be able to analyse protocols using analysis tools,
• be able to emulate complex network configurations and pre-study before new services and protocols are implemented live in systems.
• be able to independently aquire knowledge from the course literature, plan their studies and bring relevant questions to the teacher led sessions.

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

• Be able to judge how individual components in different protocols affect performance and service experience of one's own and other data flows through a network.

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, tutorials 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. A central part of the course is the understanding of how the individual mechanisms in different protocols and functions together form the service delivery. To achieve this a strong focus is placed on self-study of the course literature.

Examination details

Grading scale: TH - (U, 3, 4, 5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment: For passing the course (grades 3-5), students must have approved project reports and final exam. The final grade of the course is determined by the result in the final exam.

The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.

Modules
Code: 0123. Name: Project.
Credits: 3.5. Grading scale: UG - (U, G). Assessment: Approved project reports. The module includes: Two projects carried out online.
Code: 0223. Name: Exam.
Credits: 4.0. Grading scale: TH - (U, 3, 4, 5). Assessment: Approved exam. The module includes: Written exam.

Admission

Assumed prior knowledge: ETS052/EITF45 Computer Communication or ETS150 Data communication. Basic knowledge in programming.
The number of participants is limited to: No
Kursen överlappar följande kurser: ETS110 ETSF05

Reading list

• Kurds and Ross: Computer Networking - A Top Down Approach 8th ed. Pearson, 2023, ISBN: 978-1-292-40546-9.

Contact

Course coordinator: Professor Björn Landfeldt, bjorn.landfeldt@eit.lth.se
Course homepage: https://www.eit.lth.se/course/etsf10

Further information