Local Area Networks

The course is a substitute for:

Local Networks (D36LOS)

Lecturer:

Jan Kubr, Peter Macejko

Tutor:

Jan Kubr, Peter Macejko

Supervisor:

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Synopsis:

The course presents an overview of principles and technologies used in local area networks (LANs), starting from shared media (bus, ring) networks, their interconnection, and concluding with current switching technologies (virtual LANs, ATM). Attention is given to communication protocols for LANs and to network operating systems (client support, servers, gateways).

Requirements:

Individual tasks completion, successful test.

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Local area networks, media sharing FDMA and TDMA, access control

2. Random access techniques: Aloha, CSMA, stability

3. Ethernet technologies - 10BASE5, 10BASE2, 10BASE-T/F

4. Bridges and routers. Switched Ethernet, duplex mode, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet

5. Deterministic access technologies: ARCNet, IEEE 802.4, 100VG-AnyLAN

6. Broadband and metropolitan networks: IEEE 802.14 HFC and DQDB technologies

7. Ring networks. Access Control, reconfiguration, IBM Token Ring, FDDI

8. ATM technology usage, LAN emulation

9. Virtual networks: IEEE 802.10 and IEEE 802.1q technologies

10. Wireless networks: access methods, spread spectrum technologies, FHSS, CDMA

11. Wireless networks: IEEE 802.11, HIPERLAN and Bluetooth technologies

12. LAN protocols: IEEE 802.2 LLC, NetBIOS, TCP/IP support (ARP, DHCP)

13. LAN extensions of operating systems, application services, access to TCP/IP services

14. LAN management: network analysers, SNMP, RMON

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. LAN networks, Ethernet technology

2. IPX/SPX protocols, interfaces for C and Pascal

3. Traffic analysis, LAN protocols (IP, IPX, NCP, RIP, SAP)

4. LAN protocol architectures (NetBIOS, Novell, TCP/IP), application interface

5. Individual work on the task 1

6. Ethernet networks: design rules

7. Individual work on the task 2

8. Network driver interface, TCP Winsocks

9. Individual work on the task 2

10. Ring networks, design rules

11. Individual work on the task 3, test

12. Virtual networks, ATM LAN emulation

13. Individual work on the task 3

14. Evaluation

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Stallings W.: Local and Metropolitan Area Networks. Prentice-Hall 1997.

2. Miller M.A.: LAN Protocol Handbook. Prentice Hall 1990.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	roomKN:A-421 Kubr J. 09:15–10:45 EVEN WEEK (lecture parallel1) Karlovo nám. Cvičebna
Fri
Thu
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Computer Technology - Computer Network and Internet- structured studies (compulsory course of the branch)