Fundamentals of Communication Networks

FUNDAMENTALS OF COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (2016-2017)
M. Sc. in Telecommunication Engineering
Campus Leonardo

This is an equalization course offered at the master students of Telecommunications Engineering for filling gaps in their background on probability theory and communications networks.

Classes Timetable:

Mondays, 15:15 - 17:15, Room D.2.3
Tuesdays, 10:15 - 12:15, Room D.2.4

NEWS

Here two options for installing the network simulator:

- Stand alone software (Linux, Windows)
- Virtual Machine (with simulator installed ~2GB) to be run inside VirtualBox: login password is "labfir"

PAST EXAMS

5/02/2016 - Text, Solution

29/02/2016 - Text, Solution

13/07/2016 - Text, Solution

23/09/2016 - TextSolution

03/02/2017 - Text, Solution

24/02/2017 - TextSolution

CLASS SCHEDULE AND TEACHING MATERIAL

Mon 3/10/2016 - Introduction, Networking basics

PART 1: PROBABILITY

Tue 4/10/2016 - Basics of Probability (download lecture notes and exercises here)

Mon 10/10/2016 - Exercises on countable spaces

Tue 11/10/2016 - Random variables: definitions, examples, mean and variance

Mon 17/10/2016 - Exercises on random variables

Tue 18/10/2016 - More on random variables: joint distributions, sum of random variables

PART 2: NETWORKING

Mon 24/10/2016 - Physical Layer

Tue 25/10/2016 - Exercises on delays in packet switching and multiplexing

Mon 7/11/2016 - Data Link Layer: Stop and Wait, Go-Back-N, Selective Repeat

Tue 8/11/2016 - Flow Control and exercises on the link layer

Mon 28/11/2016 - Local Area Networks

Thu 29/11/2016 - Exercises on LANs

Mon 04/12/2016 - Network Layer: IP

Thu 05/12/2016 - More on IP (addressing, ARP)

Mon 12/12/2016 - Exercises on IP addressing and forwarding

Thu 13/12/2016 - More exercises on IP

Thu 19/12/2016 - Routing protocols

Mon 20/12/2016 - Exercises on routing protocols

CHRISTMAS BREAK

Mon 09/01/2017 - Transport Layer

Thu 10/01/2017 - Exercises on TCP

Mon 16/01/2017 - Application Layer

Thu 17/01/2017 - Intranetting

Mon 23/01/2017 - Recap exercises

Thu 24/01/2017- Exam simulation: text, solution