Course co-ordinator(s): Dr Adam Sampson (Edinburgh), Mehran Sharghi (Edinburgh), Prof Hani Ragab Hassen (Dubai), Aiman Shariah (Dubai), Dr Rosalind Deena Kumari (Malaysia), Chin Zi Hau (Malaysia).
Aims:
Introduction to data communications and computer networking
Understanding of the structure of Internet
Understanding of concepts of connection oriented and connectionless communication, and principles of data communication protocols
Detailed Information
Course Description: Link to Official Course Descriptor.
Pre-requisite course(s): F28WP Web Programming .
Location: ALP, Dubai, Edinburgh, Malaysia.
Semester: 1.
Syllabus:
- Internet history and organisation, OSI and Internet reference models.
- Link level communications, data transparency, error detection, sliding window protocols
- Network layer protocols, IP, ICMP,
- network routing,
- routers
- Transport protocols, TCP, UDP
- Congestion control
- Higher level protocols e.g. HTTP (simple example only)
SCQF Level: 9.
Credits: 15.