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Public Data Services (SPD)

Credits Dept.
6.0 ECTS AC

Instructors

Person in charge:  Josep Sole Pareta (pareta@ac.upc.edu)
Others:German Santos Boada (german@ac.upc.edu)
Jordi Domingo Pascual (jordi.domingo@ac.upc.edu)
Jorge García Vidal (jorge@ac.upc.edu)

General goals

The main objective of this subject is for students to complete their training in computer networks. Particular emphasis is placed on the services and networks offered by public telecommunications operators to meet new demands (in terms of public Internet, private virtual networks, etc.), and those offered for conventional services (telephone service, dedicated lines, etc.).

Specific goals

Knowledges

  1. Students will learn the characteristics of telecommunication equipment, networks, and services used for transmitting data both across very large areas and in metropolitan areas.
  2. Students will be familiarised with the technology, protocols, specific terminology, and international recommendations concerning the most important fields of public telecommunications.

Abilities

  1. Cognitive low level abilities related with backbone and access data networks.
  2. Interpersonal and collaborative abilities.

Competences

  1. Competences related with cognitive and comprehensive levels, and with the application of concepts.
  2. Traversal competences related with collaborative work and autonomic learning.

Contents

Estimated time (hours):

T P L Alt Ext. L Stu A. time
Theory Problems Laboratory Other activities External Laboratory Study Additional time

1. Previous concepts: Course presentation and review of previously presented concepts. HDLC protocol.
T      P      L      Alt    Ext. L Stu    A. time Total 
11,0 3,0 0 3,0 0 12,0 0 29,0

2. Public telecommunication networks: Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), Frame Relay, ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode).
T      P      L      Alt    Ext. L Stu    A. time Total 
20,0 5,0 0 5,0 0 20,0 0 50,0
ISDN (4 hours Theory + 2 hours Exercises)
·General concepts
·Reference configuration
·User interface
·ISDN network architecture
Frame Relay (6 hours Theory + 2 hours Exercises)
·General concepts
·Frame Relay compared with conventional packet switching
·LAPF protocols (LAPF core and LAPF control)
·Service provision and congestion control
ATM (6 hours Theory + 2 hours Exercises)
·General characteristics of ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)
·The physical level (SDH networks)
·The ATM level
·ATM adaptation level (AAL)
·Traffic management and ATM service categories

3. Public Internet: Cabled networks.
T      P      L      Alt    Ext. L Stu    A. time Total 
10,0 2,0 0 5,0 0 12,0 0 29,0

4. Public Internet: wireless networks.
T      P      L      Alt    Ext. L Stu    A. time Total 
5,0 2,0 0 5,0 0 5,0 0 17,0
2G: GSM, GPRS.



3G: UMTS.



LMDS.



Satellite access.

5. Public Internet: Trunked IP support traffic.
T      P      L      Alt    Ext. L Stu    A. time Total 
6,0 2,0 0 5,0 0 7,0 0 20,0


- WAN environments (IP/ATM, IP/MPLS, IP/SDH).



- MAN environments (Resilience Packet Rings: IEEE 802.17 RPR, Gigabit Ethernet).


Total per kind T      P      L      Alt    Ext. L Stu    A. time Total 
52,0 14,0 0 23,0 0 56,0 0 145,0
Avaluation additional hours 6,0
Total work hours for student 151,0

Docent Methodolgy

Theory sessions (6 credits) rounded off with application sessions involving problem-solving exercises(1.5 credits). Use of ATENEA as the integration tool to facilitate the cooperative learning.

Evaluation Methodgy

The academic activities that the students will have to carry out during this course include the active participation inside and outsite of class, a technical report (done in groups of three students), and two partial examinations and/or a final examination (for those passing the partial examinations, the final on e will be optional). All this activities will be considered in the evaluation of the students in the following proportion:

- The attendance/participation to/in class and the rest of activities outside the class will count a 10%. An attendance to 75% of the lectures will be required.

- The technical report will count a 20%. Besides the quality of the report, in the evaluation of this activity, the capacity of the students of working in group (collaborative work) also it will be taken into account.

- The score of the partial examinations (or that of the final examination) will count a 70%.

According to this, the final score of this subject (Nf) will be obtained out of the following formula:

Nf = Score of the participation in class x 0'1 + Score of the technical report x 0'2 + (Max [ Average score of the partial examinations, Score of the final examination]) x 0'7

Basic Bibliography

  • STALLINGS, William ISDN and Broadband ISDN with Frame Relay and ATM (4a. edició), Prentice Hall, 1999.
  • GUIJARRO, Luis Redes ATM. Principios de interconexión y su aplicación, Ra-ma, 2000.
  • BLACK, Uyless TCP/IP and related protocols (3a. edició) , McGraw-Hill, 1998.
  • BLACK, Uyless MPLS and Label Switching Networks, Prentice Hall, 2001.
  • TOMSU, Peter i SCHMUTZER, Christian Next Generation Optical Networks, Prentice-Hall, 2002.

Complementary Bibliography

  • STALLINGS, William Data and computer communications (7a. edició), Prentice Hall, 2003.
  • PUJOLLE, Guy "LES RESEAUX" (3ª edició), Ed. Eyrolles, 2000.

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Previous capacities

Have taken XC or XCA.



 
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