440-2207/01 – Communication Networks I (KS I)
| Gurantor department | Department of Telecommunications | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Petr Machník, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Petr Machník, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | 2023/2024 |
| Intended for the faculties | FEI | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
To understand the concept and principle of communication networks, including methods of data transmission.
Learning outcomes are set so that the students are able to identify, apply and solve tasks in the field of communication networks.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Summary
The subject Communication Networks is oriented on an overview of all important developing network technologies for the transmission of various types of information like voice, data, video or multimedia information. It includes circuit-switched and packet-switched networks. An attention is also dedicated to optical transmission networks that create an inseparable part of a network communication infrastructure, various network procedures for a connection establishment with the specified service quality and fundamentals of the network management. It is also interested in LAN networks, WAN networks, Internet, access networks and various wireless technologies.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Combined examination (written and oral).
Knowledge is continuously controlled by tests and laboratory tasks.
Conditions for credit:
Minimal number of points from practical lessons is 15 (from 40).
E-learning
https://lms.vsb.cz/
Other requirements
No additional requirements are placed on the student.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Lectures:
1) Telecommunication networks attributes, communication model, signaling, methods of signal switching.
2) OSI reference model and its layers.
3) TCP/IP protocol model and its layers, IP, TCP, and UDP.
4) LAN networks - LAN protocol stack, media access methods in LANs, network topologies, Ethernet.
5) Transport networks - PDH (Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy), SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy), DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing), used network devices.
6) IP WAN networks, pure IP WAN networks, HDLC and PPP, leased lines.
7) Internet - structure of Internet. Cloud computing.
8) Access networks (conceptions) - xDSL, DOCSIS.
9) Advanced technologies in the access networks - DVB-RCS, IPTV, FTTx, PON.
10) Wireless networks (conceptions) - WiFi, WiMAX, DECT. GPS.
11) Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN) - Bluetooth, Zigbee, ANT+.
12) Mobile technologies of the 2nd generation - GSM. Mobile technologies of the 3rd generation - IMT-2000, CDMA 2000, W-CDMA UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA.
13) Mobile technologies of the 4th generation - Rel.99-Rel.10 SAE/EPS, LTE. Future and visions in mobile networks (Rel.11 and Rel.12).
14) Data standards in the health care - HL7, ISO/IEC 11073.
Exercises:
1) Safety in laboratories. Basic information about the subject and its classification.
2) Multimedial presentation of RM OSI.
3) Laboratory work - xDSL technology.
4) Laboratory work - WiFi technology.
5) Laboratory work - VoIP technology.
6) Test nr.1.
7) Laboratory work - Computer networks.
8) Laboratory work - GSM technology.
9) Laboratory work - Access networks.
10) Laboratory work - Passive optical networks.
11) Laboratory work - Testing of mobile phones.
12) Laboratory work - Throughput and delay measurement in data networks.
13) Test nr. 2.
14) Reserve term for tests and labs.
Protocols:
Protocol from the measurement of voice quality in VoIP.
Protocol from the testing of mobile phones.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction