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Theoretical Classes (in Portuguese)

 

 

Class 1 - 11-13h, 2018/3/7, Room 1D, Building VII

 

Syllabus presentation. Uses of Computer Networks. Network hardware.
 

Bibliography  (1st test):

- "Computer Networks", 5th Ed., A. Tanenbaum & D. Wetherall, Prentice Hall, 2011, pp. 1-27; sec. 1.1-1.2.4.
- Presentation slides (in Portuguese)

 

 

Class 2 - 11-13h, 2018/3/14, Room 1D, Building VII

 

Network software. Reference models. The OSI Reference model. The TCP/IP reference model. Comparison of the OSI and TCP/IP reference models. Example network: The Internet.
 

Bibliography  (1st test):

- "Computer Networks", 5th Ed., A. Tanenbaum & D. Wetherall, Prentice Hall, 2011, pp.28-64; sec. 1.2.5,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.5.1.
 

 

Class 3 - 11-13h, 2018/3/21, Room 1D, Building VII

 

Network standardization.
Examples of some protocols and services in the Internet: IP, UDP, TCP, World Wide Web.

End of subjects for the 1st test
Protocol visualization using the Wireshark.

Begin of subjects for the 2nd test
Physical layer: The theoretical basis for data communications.

 

Bibliography (1st test):

- "Computer Networks", 5ª Ed., A. Tanenbaum & D. Wetherall, Prentice Hall, 2011, pp.75-82; sec. 1.6.

- "Computer Networks", 5th Ed., A. Tanenbaum & D. Wetherall, Prentice Hall, 2011, pp. 438-446, 451-454, 541-543, 552-554, 556-557, 647-651; sec. 5.6.1, 5.6.2 (pp. 442-446,451-454), 6.4.1, 6.5.1, 6.5.2 (pp. 553-554), 6.5.3, 7.3.1 (pp.647-651).

- Presentation slides introducing protocols and services in the Internet (in Portuguese).

Bibliography (2nd test):
- "Computer Networks", 5th Ed., A. Tanenbaum & D. Wetherall, Prentice Hall, 2011, pp.89-95; sec. 2.1

 

 

Class 4 - 11-13h, 2018/3/28, Room 1D, Building VII
 

The physical layer: Guided transmission media; Wireless transmission; Communication satellites;  Digital modulation; Multiplexing.
 

Bibliography (2nd test):

- "Computer Networks", 5th Ed., A. Tanenbaum & D. Wetherall, Prentice Hall, 2011, pp.95-135; sec. 2.2-2.5.
 

 

Class 5 - 11-13h, 2018/4/4, Room 1D, Building VII


The physical layer:  Multiplexing (cont.); The public switched telephone network; Cable Television; ADSL vs. Cable.
 

Bibliography (2nd test):

- "Computer Networks", 5th Ed., A. Tanenbaum & D. Wetherall, Prentice Hall, 2011, pp. 135-164, 179-186; sec. 2.5, 2.6, 2.8.
 

Class 6 - 11-13h, 2018/4/18, Room 1D, Building VII

The physical layer: The mobile telephone system.
The data link layer: Design issues; Services; Framing; Flow and error control; Error detection and correction.


Bibliography (2nd test):
- "Computer Networks", 5th Ed., A. Tanenbaum & D. Wetherall, Prentice Hall, 2011, pp. 65-69, 164-179,193-206; sec.1.5.2, 2.7; 3.1, 3.2.
 


Class 7 - 11-13h, 2018/5/2, Room 1D, Building VII

 

The data link layer:  Error detection and correction (cont.).
End of subjects to the 2nd test
 

Start of subjects to the 3rd test

Elementary data link protocols: Simplex protocol; Simplex Stop-and-wait protocol with/without errors.
Sliding window protocols: One-bit sliding window;  Pipelinning.

 

Bibliography (2nd test):

- "Computer Networks", 5th Ed., A. Tanenbaum & D. Wetherall, Prentice Hall, 2011, pp. 207-215. sec.3.2.
 

Bibliography (3rd test):

- "Computer Networks", 5th Ed., A. Tanenbaum & D. Wetherall, Prentice Hall, 2011, pp. 215-232. sec.3.3, 3.4.1.

 

 

Class 8 - 11-13h, 2018/5/9, Room 1D, Building VII

 

Sliding window protocols: Go-back-N; Selective repeat.
Example data link protocols: Packet over SONET; ADSL.
The Medium Access Control Sublayer: The channel allocation problem; Pure ALOHA and slotted ALOHA; Carrier Sense Multiple Access Protocols.
 

Bibliography (3rd test):

- "Computer Networks", 5th Ed., A. Tanenbaum & D. Wetherall, Prentice Hall, 2011, pp. 232-244, 257-269. sec. 3.4.2-3.4.3.4.0, 4.1, 4.2.1, 4.2.2.
 

 

Class 9 - 11-13h, 2018/5/16, Room 1D, Building VII

 

The Medium Access Control Sublayer: Collision-Free Protocols; Limited-Contention Protocols; Wireless LANs.

 

Clarification of doubts for the 3rd test. Exercise resolution.

 

Bibliography (3rd test):

- "Computer Networks", 5th Ed., A. Tanenbaum & D. Wetherall, Prentice Hall, 2011, pp. 269-280. Sec. 4.2.3-4.2.5.
- Sample exercises for the subjects of the 2nd test
 

 

Class 10 - 11-13h, 2018/5/23, Room 1D, Building VII

 

Ethernet: Classical Ethernet; Ethernet Performance; Switched Ethernet; Fast Ethernet; Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernet.
802.11: Architecture; Physical Layer; MAC Sublayer; Frame Structure.
 

Bibliography (3rd test):

- "Computer Networks", 5ª Ed., A. Tanenbaum & D. Wetherall, Prentice Hall, 2011, pp. 280-309. sec.  4.3, 4.4.
 

 

Class 11 - 11-13h, 2018/5/30, Room 1D, Building VII

802.11:  Frame Structure; Services.
Data Link Layer Switching: Bridges; Spanning Tree Bridges; Switches, Routers and Gateways; Virtual LANs.
End of subjects to the 3rd test

Start of subjects to the recourse final exam and recourse 3rd test
RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification).
Broadband Wireless: Comparison of 802.11 and 802.16; 802.16 Architecture; Physical Layer; MAC Sublayer; Frame Structure.

Bluetooth: Architecture; Applications; Protocol Stack; Radio Layer; Link Layer; Frame structure.

 

Bibliography (3rd test):

- "Computer Networks", 5ª Ed., A. Tanenbaum & D. Wetherall, Prentice Hall, 2011, pp. 309-312, 332-349. sec.4.4, 4.8, 4.9
 

Bibliografia  (Recourse 3rd test and Exam):

- "Computer Networks", 5ª Ed., A. Tanenbaum & D. Wetherall, Prentice Hall, 2011, pp. 320-332. sec.4.5, 4.6, 4.7
 

 

Class 12 - 11-13h, 2018/6/6, Room 1D, Building VII

 

Clarification of doubts for the 3rd test. Exercise resolution.  

- Sample exercises for the subjects of the 3rd test
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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