Prerequisites for Participation

Graduate in computer science, basic knowledge of computer networking.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Students who have successfully finished this module will be able to :

• understand the architecture of the Internet and the design philosophy being TCP/IP protocol family;
• make capture and analysis of network traffic;
• understand the impact of applications on the network traffic, especially video streaming;
• understand the dynamic of a TCP connection with a deep understanding of congestion control.
• design a correct and optimised network addressing scheme;
• make basic configuration of a switch and a router;
• follow any advanced networking course...

Content

• Part 1/5 Introduction and motivation for a top-down approach to explore the Internet protocols.
• Part 2/5 Application layer: remote login, file transfert, P2P, multimedia, video streaming, DNS, SNMP.
• Part 3/5 Transport layer: services, UDP and TCP examples, congestion control, DCCP, SCTP, QUIC.
• Part 4/5 Network layer: IPv4/v6, multicast, NAT, filtering, hierarchical routing, OSPF and BGP.
• Part 5/5 Underliying layers : Switched Ethernet, point-to-point, local loop.

Teaching and Learning Methods

• 2h weekly hours lecture
• 4h weekly hours integrated interactive tutorials (problem solving, assignments discussion, lab sessions)

Assessment and Grading Procedures

Mid-term written exam (40%), and Final written exam (60%). A makeup exam will be organized for those who failed the first session.

Workload calculation (contact hours, homework, exam preparation,..)

• 6h weekly contact hours x 10 weeks = 60 h
• 6h weekly hours preparation and afterwork x 10 weeks = 60 h
• Exams preparation: 30 h
• Total: 150 h

Frequency and dates

Offered every Fall semester:

• Classes start mid-September and end mid-December;
• Mid-semester exam around beginning of November;
• Final exam at the beginning of January;
• Makeup exam for those who failed the first session in June.

Max. Number of Participants

30

Enrolment Procedures

Request to the head of CNI program.

Recommended Reading, Course Material

• James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross "Computer Networking: A Top-down Approach Featuring the Internet", 7th edition (Pearson, 2016)
• Andrew S. Tanenbaum, David J. Wetherall "Computer Networks", 5th edition (Prentice Hall, 2011)
• Douglas Comer "Internetworking with TCP/IP Vol 1: Principles, Protocolsand Architectures", 6thedition (Prentice Hall, 2013)