| CODE | CCE2411 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Computer Networks for Electronic Engineering | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Communications and Computer Engineering | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | - The ISO 7-layer reference model - The TCP/IP network model - Network topologies - Overview of the Physical and Data Link Layer (framing, error control, flow control) - Data Link Layer access control concepts - Internetworking and routing (routing algorithms, internetworking, congestion control) - Transport Layer Services (connection establishment, performance issues, flow and error control) - Overview and extension of IP to Wireless Networks - Network design and dimensioning Lab Sessions: - Improving performance by LAN hardware upgrade - WAN Capacity Planning - Medium access control - Routing Protocols Textbook: - Andrew Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, 4th Edition, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 2003. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Anthony Sciberras |
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