Operating Systems and Networks

The course cannot be taken simultaneously with:

Operating Systems and Databases (AE3B33OSD)
Operating systems and networks (A4B33OSS)

The course is a substitute for:

Operating systems and networks (A4B33OSS)

Lecturer:

Petr Štěpán

Tutor:

Miroslav Burša, Petr Štěpán

Supervisor:

Department of Cybernetics

Synopsis:

The goal of this course is to introduce basic concepts and principles of operating systems (OS), like processes and threads, their scheduling, mutual communication and synchronization, time-dependent errors and deadlocks. Attention is also paid to memory management, virtual memory, management of secondary storages, file-systems and data security. The second part of the course is focused at distributed systems (DS) principles and technologies. DS communication media and topologies are explained and the basics of Internet including specific protocols are treated as typical DS applications.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Basic concepts: operating system (OS) and its kernel, hardware dependency, processes, threads, scheduling. OS types.

2.Compiling and linking, libraries, OS services and calls, dynamic libraries and run-time linking

3.Implementation and life-cycle of processes and threads. Scheduling algorithms. Real-time OSes and scheduling in them.

4.Communication among processes and threads, critical sections, time-dependent errors, synchonization tools. Classical synchronization problems and their solution.

5.Deadlocks: definition, conditions, solution possibilities

6.Memory management: Basic techniques. Virtual memory, swapping, paging, segmentation, page-replacement algorithms.

7.File-systems, organizing data on the secondary storage, principles, standard solutions, data security.

8.Distributed computing, client-server architectures. OS components supporting computer networks (sockets) and their programming.

9. Introduction to computer networks, basic definitions, ISO/OSI model and its layers functionality

10.Local-area networks, active componets, physical addressing

11.Interconnecting networks, internetworking, addressing, routing principles

12.Protocols and technologies in the Internet. Protocols for network management

13.DS applications (deeper insight into some common TCP/IP protocols)

14.Wrap-up, spare time.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1.Introdution, exercise organization, 1st task assignment

2.Brief OS overview, introduction to scripting languages

3.Advanced script programming, regular expressions

4.Exercising the scripting languages, 1st task delivery

5.2nd task assignment. Processes & threads, resource sharing - practical examples

6.Interprocess communication, deadlocks

7.Client-server programming

8.2nd task delivery and results presentation

9.3rd task assignment, network configurations

10.Tools for network management

11.Firewalls, configuration principles

12.Individual work in a computer room

13.Presentation of 3rd task results

14.Conclusion, Q&A, spare time

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Silberschatz A., Galvin P. B., Gagne G.: Operating System Concepts. J. Willey, 2005

2. Tanenbaum A. S.: Modern Operating Systems. Prenice Hall, 2001

3. Halsall, F.: Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems, Adison Wesley 1996

4. Comer D. E.: Internetworking with TCP/IP: Principles, Protocols and Architectures. Prentice Hall, 2005

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:E-112 Štěpán P. 14:30–16:00 (lecture parallel1) Karlovo nám. Cvičebna K333roomKN:E-220 Burša M. 16:15–17:45 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Karlovo nám. Laboratoř BIO
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:

• Otevřená informatika - Počítačové systémy (compulsory course in the program)
• Otevřená informatika - Informatika a počítačové vědy (compulsory course in the program)
• Otevřená informatika - Softwarové systémy (compulsory course in the program)
• Open Informatics - Computer and Information Science (compulsory course of the specialization)
• Open Informatics - Software Systems (compulsory course of the specialization)
• Otevřená informatika - před rozřazením do oborů (compulsory course in the program)