Theory classes

Class 1 - Friday, 11 March - 11:00-13:00 - Ed VII-2A

Introduction of the course

Slides of the class

Use of Computer Networks. Network Hardware.

Class 2 - Friday, 18 March - 11:00-13:00 - Ed VII-2A

Network Software. Reference Models. Example Networks: The Internet.

Class 3 - Friday, 25 March - 11:00-13:00 - Ed VII-2A

Introduction to some protocols and network services: IP, UDP, TCP, and World Wide Web.

The Physical Layer: The Theoretical Basis for Data Communication; Wireless Transmission

Slides of the introduction to IP, UDP, TCP and HTTP

Class 4 - Friday, 1 April - 11:00-13:00 - Ed VII-2A

The Physical Layer: Wireless Transmisssion (cont.).

End of the 1st Test / Begin of the 2nd Test

The Physical Layer: Communication Satellites; Digital Modulation and Multiplexing: FDM, TDM and Code Division Multiplexing; Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

Introduction to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

Class 5 - Friday, 8 April - 11:00-13:00 - Ed VII-2A

The Physical Layer: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (See here) (cont.); The Public Switched Telephone Network: The Local Loop: Modems, ADSL, and Fiber (2.6.3); Switching (2.6.5). The Mobile Telephone System: First Generation (2.7.1); Second Generation(2.7.2)

Class 6 - Friday, 22 April - 11:00-13:00 - Ed VII-2A

The Physical Layer: The Mobile Telephone System: Second Generation(2.7.2) (cont.); Third Generation (2.7.3). Fourth Generation (see here). Fifth Generation. Data Link Layer Design Issues (3.1).

Class 7 - Friday, 29 April - 11:00-13:00 - Ed VII-2A

Data Link Layer Design Issues (cont.) (3.1). Elementary Data Link Protocols (3.3). Sliding Window Protocols (3.4)

Class 8 - Friday, 6 May - 11:00-13:00 - Ed VII-2A

Sliding Window Protocols (3.4) (cont.); Error Detection and Correction (3.2)

Class 9 - Friday, 13 May - 11:00-13:00 - Ed VII-2A

Error Detection and Correction (3.2) (cont.)

End of the 2nd Test / Begin of the 3rd Test

The MAC Sublayer. The Channel Allocation Problem (4.1). Multiple Access Protocols. ALOHA (4.2.1); The MAC Sublayer. Multiple Access Protocols (4.2).

Class 10 - Friday, 20 May - 11:00-13:00 - Ed VII-2A

The MAC Sublayer. Multiple Access Protocols (cont.) (4.2). Ethernet (4.3)

Class 11 - Friday, 27 May - 11:00-13:00 - Ed VII-2A

The MAC Sublayer: Ethernet (cont.) (4.3); Wireless LANs (4.4). New 802.11 (see here).

Class 12 - Friday, 3 June - 11:00-13:00 - Ed VII-2A

The MAC Sublayer. Bluetooth (4.6); RFID (4.7). Data Link Layer Switching (4.8)

The MAC Sublayer. VLANs. The Mobile Telephone System: Architecture (see here)