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Course Catalog 00/01


Computer Science, Electrical Engineering

SMD076 Communication Networks 6.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Quarter III

LANGUAGE:English/Swedish

EXAMINER
Olov Schelén Univ adj


PREREQUISITES
Following courses passed (or similar): SMD097 System Programming (or SMD083 Computer System Management), SMD011/SMD012/SMD038 Imperative Programming (or SMD091), SMD006/SMD103 Reactive Programming, SMD056 Program Construction (or SMD044 Imperative Programming and a Program Project/SMD064 Software Engineering), SMD073 Data Structures and SMD066/SMD082 Processor/Software Interfaces. 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
- Internet measurements
- Routing
- Operating Systems Issues
- Application Demands
- Multicast
- Service Commitments
- Traffic Shaping
- 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 LITERATURE
A collection of research articles.


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Valid for the academic year 00/01.

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