COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ADVANCED NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CSE 5047 ADVANCED NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR YALÇIN ÇEBI

Offered to

Computer Engineering (Non-Thesis-Evening) (English)
Computer Engineering Non-Thesis (English)
Computer Engineering (English)
Computer Engineering (English)
COMPUTER ENGINEERING (ENGLISH)

Course Objective

This course is in the form of a potpourri of fairly novel networking technics and/or technics that may be used in Networking. Each attending student proposes and presents a different network technology topic which may be a software or hardware solution approach to a kind of well-known networking problem. Topics may be related to Data Transmission Media and devices, Asynchronous Transfer Mode, Long-Distance Communication, Packet Transmission, Packets and Frames, Error Detection, Frame Format and Error Detection Mechanisms, Security, LAN Technologies and Network Topology, LAN Active Devices, Long Distance Digital Communication Technologies, WAN Technologies and Routing, Protocols and Layering, Internetworking, IP Datagrams, Wireless networks.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define basic network technologies
2   Understand concepts of network technologies
3   Present a network technology topic to solve a networking problem
4   Compare different network teknologies
5   Discuss on communication over networks using different protocols

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction. Main titles of advanced networking.
2 Classification of Networking topics. Main hardware problems in today`s networks. Main software problems in today`s networks
3 High speed Networks. Frame/Relay. ATM.
4 Routing in Internet. Internal routing protocols (RIP). Exterior routing protocols (BGP)
5 Quality of service in IP Networks. QoS routing. Classifying models. OSPF and QOSPF.
6 Optic router Networks. MPLS in Optic networks.
7 Network Security. Authorization methods. Port based security and authorization.
8 Security as a Quality of Service issue. SPAM.
9 New proposals in High speed networking. DTM.
10 Mobile networks. Mobile IP solutions.
11 IP Router based advancements. IP level congestion control.
12 Random Early detection algorithms.
13 Internet and Multimedia. Multicasting. M-Bone.
14 Virtual Private networks. Peer to peer model VPNs. New protocols in VPNing.

Recomended or Required Reading

W. Stalling`s High Speed Networks and Internets
Relevant papers / Internet sources

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures
Literature Research
Presentation
Term Project

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 PRJ PROJECT
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.30 + MTE * 0.40 + PRJ * 0.30


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessment will be the success level of presentation and the final report of term project.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University
Department of Computer Engineering
Tinaztepe Campus Buca - IZMIR

Tel: +90 (232) 3017401

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 11 11
Design Project 1 32 32
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 188

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.21214432321
LO.32515244431
LO.44444354222
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