TCP/IP Networks and Applications (MASTER) IS-FEE-20004

Acquiring detailed knowledge of family of TCP/IP protocols and their applications.
History of family of TCP/IP protocols, their architecture and development. Structure of IP packets in version 4 and 6. Addressing devices in IP networks. IP multicast groups and multicast addressing. Structure of TCP segment and UDP datagram. TCP communication session. Flow control in TCP transmission. Auxiliary protocols used in TCP/IP networks: ICMP, ARP, DHCP and other. Static and dynamic routing in TCP/IP networks. Idea of autonomous system (AS). Interior and exterior routing protocols. Obtaining provider independent (PI) IP addresses. Virtual Local Area Networks (VLAN). IP routing between VLANs. MPLS networks. Network Address Translation protocol (NAT). Traffic aggregation and load balancing in TCP/IP networks. Voice over IP (VoIP) technology. Selected services in TCP/IP networks.

Requirements:
Network technologies or equivalen
Students are expected to have knowledge in the field of mathematics, physics, circuit theory, digital and analog electronics, fundamentals of computer science. The general requirement is that student finished studies on the bachelor�s level in the area of electrical engineering, electronics and telecommunication or related. In some cases prerequisites are defined.