Module Identifier | CS35110 | |||||||||||
Module Title | THE INTERNET: ARCHITECTURE AND OPERATION | |||||||||||
Academic Year | 2006/2007 | |||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Mr David E Price | |||||||||||
Semester | Semester 1 | |||||||||||
Other staff | Mr Christopher W Loftus, Mr David E Price, Mr Stephen P G Kingston | |||||||||||
Pre-Requisite | CS15210 | |||||||||||
Course delivery | Practical | (Up to) 4 x 2 hr sessions | ||||||||||
Lecture | 22 lectures | |||||||||||
Seminars / Tutorials | (Up to) 4 seminars / tutorials | |||||||||||
Assessment |
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Further details | http://www.aber.ac.uk/compsci/ModuleInfo/CS35110 |
2. Network Level Protocols - 6 Lectures
Including IPv4, IPv6, ICMP, IGMP, unicast and multicast.
3. Routing in the Internet - 3 Lectures
Some routing "problems". Interior and exterior routing protocols. Unicast and Multicast routing.
4. Transport Level Protocols - 4 Lectures
Including TCP and UDP. Connection establishment and termination, flow control under various load conditions, timeouts and retransmission, newer features and performance.
5. Naming and Directory Services - 3 Lectures
Including the DNS and LDAP and their use.
6. SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol - 1 Lectures
Management stations and managed elements, Management Information Bases (MIBs), Structure of Management Information (SMI) and the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
7. Current and Future Issues - 4 Lectures
Quality of Service (QoS) issues, security and denial of service issues.
This module is at CQFW Level 6