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Course Catalog 1998/99


Computer Science, Electrical Engineering

SMD076 Communication Networks 6.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
III

LANGUAGE:English/Swedish

EXAMINER
O Schelén 1 fo ing


PREREQUISITES
Following courses passed (or similar): SMD097 System Programming (or SMD083 Computer System Management), SMD011/SMD012/SMD038 Imperative Programming, SMD006/SMD103 Reactive Programming, SMD056 Program Construction (or SMD044 Imperative programming and a Program Project/SMD064 Software Engineering), SMD073 Data Structures, SMD066/SMD082 Processor/Software Interface and MAM053/MAM065 Discrete Mathematical Structures. Participated in SMD088 Computer Networks.

COURSE AIM
The course will give an introduction to current research on network architectures for data- and telecommunications. The students will practice their ability to read articles, write summaries and perform oral presentations.

CONTENTS
The following topics are covered:
- Fiber Optics (essentials)
- Cell Networking, ATM
- Packet Networking, IPv6
- Operating Systems Issues
- Application Demands
- Traffic Shaping
- Service Commitments
- Flow Setup and Routing
- Distributed Systems (essentials)

Several research articles will be studied. The suggested ideas and solutions will be related to the current development of the Internet and the different transport networks.

TEACHING
Lectures, presentations and compulsory assignments.

EXAMINATION
Oral presentation and written assignments. Presence at lectures is compulsory.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: U,G

ITEMS/CREDITS

Required assignments 4.50ECTS
Oral presentation 1.50ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
C. Partridge: Gigabit Networking, (Addison-Wesley)
A collection of research articles.

Further information: Olov Schelén

Valid for school year 1998/99.
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