Network technologies IS-FEE-10011

Obtaining knowledge of contemporary networking technologies and protocols used in local and backbone computer networks. Acquiring practical skills in setting up data transmission networks and configuring typical network devices.
The history of development of Internet network. General foundations of computer networks architecture. Classification of networks and their basic topologies. Examples of network resources. Layered models of cooperating between network devices. The Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model (OSI). Network equipment: hubs, switches, routers, modems, gateways etc. Main and auxiliary network protocols: IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, ARP, DHCP, DNS and other. Technologies and architectures of wired and wireless Local Area Networks (LAN): Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi. Selected wide area (WAN) and metropolitan area (MAN) network technologies. Static and dynamic IP routing. Interior and exterior dynamic routing protocols: e.g. RIP, OSPF, BGP. Internet architecture. Interconnecting LAN and WAN networks. Access and backbone networks. Domain name system (DNS).

Requirements:
Students should have basic knowledge in the field of mathematics, electrical physics, circuit theory, digital and analog electronics, fundamentals of computer science. The general requirement is that student has studied engineering for at least 2 years. In some cases prerequisites are defined.