Distributed Systems and Networking V-Lab

Technical University of Sofia, Plovdiv branch

 

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Name of the course: Computer Networks Code: BCS43 Semester: 7
Type of teaching: Lectures and laboratory work Lessons per week: L 2 hours; LW 1.5 hour Number of credits: 5

 

LECTURER:

Assoc. prof. PhD Grisha Spasov ( FEA ), tel.: 659 724, e-mail: gvs@tu-plovdiv.bg, Technical University of Sofia, branch Plovdiv, Department of Computer Science.

COURSE STATUS IN THE CURRICULUM:

Compulsory for the students specialty "Computer Systems and Technologies" B.Sc. programme of the Faculty of Electronics and Automatics, Technical University of Sofia, branch Plovdiv.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:

At the end of the course the students are expected to have knowledge for Open Systems‘ Architecture – ISO OSI model, Global network – Internet and TCP/IP client-server applications.

DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE:

The main topics concern: Open Systems‘ Architectures – ISO OSI model. Structure and functions of OSI layers. Communication media. Methods of data transfer. Hardware aspects of data transfer – standard interfaces. Communication protocols. Data transfer control. Data link layer. Data link examples – X.25, ATM, ISDN. LAN – topology. Media access control. IEEE 802.X standard. WLAN – IEEE 802.11. Network layer. Protocols. Architecture of Internet. TCP/IP protocol stack. Internet applications. File transfer – FTP, e-mail, WWW. Network operation systems. Client-server architecture – applications. Intranet, Extranet. VLAN. Network administration and management. Network security.

PREREQUISITES:

Microprocessor technique, Microprocessor Systems, Operating Systems, Computer Architectures, Programming Languages.

TEACHING METHODS:

Lectures, using slides and multimedia presentations, laboratory work, using demo-programs, protocols preparation and defence.

METHOD OF ASSESSMENT:

Written exam with test on the theory and written work on problems. The final grade is constructed on the exam results (totally 80%) and the protocols from the laboratory work(20%).

INSTRUCTION LANGUAGE:

Bulgarian.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

  • Fred Halsall. "Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems", ADDISON-WESLEY, 1996, ISBN 0-201-42293-X;
  • Kiril Boyanov et al., "Principal work of Computer Networks. Internet.", BAS, Sofia 2003;
  • Andrew Tanenbaum, "Computer Networks", Prentice-Hall, 2003, 4th ed., ISBN 0-13-066102-3;
  • Stanislav Simeonov and Petar Katarov, "Modern Computer Communications", APN 2003.