Network technologies I

  • Credits: 7
  • Ending: Examination
  • Range: 2P + 2C
  • Semester: summer
  • Year: 2
  • Faculty of Economic Informatics

Teachers

Included in study programs

Economic Informatics

Teaching results

After completing the course, students should be able to:
A. Understand the principles of communication in computer networks. B.
B. Understand the principles of computer network classification and different computer network architectures.
C. Understand the principles of intrernetworking.
D. Master the possibilities and trends of data transmission in computer networks.
E. Master the issues of addressing and routing in computer networks.
F. To work with Internet services and applications.
G. Design a website for a specific application area.

Indicative content

1. Data transmission.(nature of data, data interpretation, forms of data transmission, physical data transmission, modulation, types of modulation, AD/DA converter )
2. Classification of computer networks (classification in terms of size, topology, type of data transmission, transmission medium, method of access to resources, method of interconnection,technologies used etc.).
3. Computer network architectures (topologies of computer networks, relevant technological background, technical means used, methods of modelling the PS architecture).
4. Communication infrastructure (DialUp, ISDN, ATM, ADSL, SDSL, XDSL, etc.)
5. Data transmission options and trends (types of interconnection, circuits, packets, cells, messages, access methods.
6. Wifi networks (characteristics of IEEE 802.11, 802.11a,b,g, n, y, ac, ad, wifi AP, Bridge, repeater modes, wifi security, security protocols WPA, WPA2, AES, TKIP, WPS, wifi router configuration)
7. Optical technologies (optical fibre, optical signal transmission method, differences between mono and multimode transmission, multipexing, fibre splicing, input/output devices, connectors, media converters, optical circuit formation).
8. ISO-OSI reference model, Novel Netware, TCP/IP protocols, TCP/IP layer structure, TCP/IP active elements, repeater, bridge, halfbridge, backbone.
9. Computer network integration (internetworking, coexistence of IP, TCP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, UDP, ICMP, DHCP, etc., getway, router, switch...)
10. Internet: Internet addressing IP v4, IPv6, IP address, address space, , subnet mask, subnetting, clasfull, classles addressing, VLSM, CIDR notation,
11. Internet services (DNS, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, FTP, http, telnet, Whois, IRC, Computer network security SSL.
12. World Wide Web - principles, html, htttp, shttp, web servers Apache, NGINX, IIS, web browsers, server side and client side scripting languages.
13. Internet applications (web applications, web services, interactive websites, social networks google, facebook, youtube, etc.).

Support literature

1. Schmidt, P: Základy informačných sietí, AZ print, 2017
2. Tanenbaum, A.S.: Computer networks, Prentice Hall, 1989.
3. Sportack, M., A.: Směrování v sítích IP, Computer press, Brno 2004.
4. Hunt, C.: Konfigurace a správa sítí TCP/IP, Computer press, Brno 1997.
5. Kálay, F. - Peniak, P.: Počítačové sítě a jejich aplikace, Grada, Praha 2003.
6. Bonaventure, O.: Computer Networking : Principles, Protocols and Practice Release 0.25, The Saylor Foundation, 2011
7. Sosinsky, B. Networking Bible. Wiley Publishing Inc. 2009

Requirements to complete the course

final exam - written form, 60% (passing the exam means obtaining a minimum of 51% of the exam grade). The exam consists of two parts: verification of theoretical knowledge (test with different types of questions). The theoretical part verifies the level of learning outcomes A,B,C,D,E
a term paper, 40 %, verifying the level of the learning outcomes F,G

Student workload

Total study load (in hours): 6 credits x 26 hours = 156 hours
Total student workload: 156 h
participation in lectures 26 h,
participation in seminars 26 h,
preparation for seminars 13 h,
elaboration of a semester project 65 h,
preparation for the exam 26 h)

Language whose command is required to complete the course

slovak

Date of approval: 11.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 18.05.2022