Introduction to Computer Networking - 30 h + 30 h
G. Leduc - INFO0010-1 (ULg)

Bachelor-level course for the following students :

BAC3 : 3ème année de Bachelier en Sciences de l'Ingénieur, orientation Ingénieur Civil (avec mineure ou majeure en informatique)

BAC3INF : 3ème année de Bachelier en Sciences Informatiques

PrépaINF : année préparatoire au Master en Sciences Informatiques

PrépaIEl : année préparatoire au Master Ingénieur Civil Electricien

Ma2IEl (option) : 2ème année du Master Ingénieur Civil Electricien;

Schedule

Second term, on Fridays, from 9am to 1pm.

Room

Institut de Mathématiques (B37), auditorium 01

Assistants

Laurent Chiarello, Sylvain Martin

Reference book

Jim Kurose and Keith W. Ross. Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, Fifth Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2010. Or the identical version published by Pearson Education (ISBN 978-0-13-136548-3).

Forum

A forum has been created for this course to facilitate interactions with students.

Content

1. Computer Networks and the Internet

• What is the Internet?
• The Network Edge
• The Network Core
• Delay, Loss and Throughput in Packet-Switched Networks
• Protocol Layers and Their Service Models
• History of Computer Networking and the Internet

2. The Application Layer

• Principles of Network Applications
• The Web and HTTP
• DNS - The Internet's Directory Service
• Socket Programming with TCP and UDP

3. The Transport Layer

• Introduction and Transport-Layer Services
• Multiplexing and Demultiplexing
• Connectionless Transport: UDP
• Principles of Reliable Data Transfer
• Connection-Oriented Transport: TCP
• Principles of Congestion Control
• TCP Congestion Control

4. The Network Layer

• Introduction
• Virtual Circuit and Datagram Networks
• What's Inside a Router?
• The Internet Protocol (IP): Forwarding and Addressing in the Internet
• Routing Algorithms
• Routing in the Internet

5. The Link Layer and Local Area Networks

• Link Layer: Introduction and Services
• Error-Detection Techniques
• Multiple Access Protocols
• Link-Layer Addressing
• Ethernet
• Link-Layer Switches
• PPP: The Point-to-Point Protocol

Problem solving lessons

Material used during the lessons

Project

Description and useful information

Written exam

Students are not allowed to bring solved exercices at the exam. On the other hand, the reference book and the slides from the theoretical course are allowed. The students can also use a personal handwritten summary of maximum 2 sheets (on both sides). A pocket calculator is also allowed.

Date : 26 May 2012, from 9:00am to 1:00pm.

Rooms : I.94, I.97 and I.126, Institut Montefiore (B28)

Oral exam

Questions (2011-2012)

Schedule for June 2012

Other reference book

• Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Computer Networks (Fourth Edition), Prentice-Hall, 2003 (ISBN 0-13-066102-3).