Telecommunication Engineering

Parte I [1.Ch.1]. Telecommunication Networks and Services; Network logical and physical topology; Constant and Variable Bit Rate Information Sources (Lessons h. 4, Exercises h. 4). Parte II [1.Ch.2]. Communication Architecture and Protocols (Lessons h. 4, Exercises h. ---). Parte III [1.Chs.3-4]. Network Services (NS); NS Performance Indexes: Delay Variation, Information Loss, resource utilization efficiency; Examples of NSs: circuit mode, packet mode (virtual circuit), packet mode (datagram) (Lessons h. 8, Exercises h. 8). Parte IV [2.Chs.11-12]. Local Area Network: Medium Access Protocol, CSMA/CD protocol, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, local network interconnection (Lessons h. 4, Exercises h. 2). Parte V [2.Chs.14-15]. Internet: Internet Topology and Architecture, IPv4 Protocol, IPv4 Addressing, Internet Routing, UDP and TCP Transport Protocols (Lessons h. 8, Exercises h. 6).

Background is not required.

[1] A. Roveri - "Retematica: Funzioni e Servizi di rete" (Vol. I, Ottobre 2001) (Dispensa) [2] W. Stalling –“Data and Computer Communication”, Pearson Education Tenth Edition

Frontal and remote teaching are foreseen. Theoretical lectures and exercises are carried out.

The course consists of five weekly hours for about twelve weeks. Frequency is optional.

ASSESSMENT TOOLS The written exam lasts 2 hours and it is composed by two parts: 1.1 twenty multiple choice questions 1.2 Two exercise about the dimensioning and performance evaluation of network telecommunications and the configuration of an Internet Network The written exam is passed if the two conditions are true: i) correct solutions are given to 66% of answers to open questions; ii) a positive evaluation is achieved for the exercises. The oral exam consists in two questions about the Telecommunication Networks and Internet. ASSESSMENT METHODS Examination of knowledge on the classification of the telecommunication networks and services; examination of skills in dimensioning of the physical resources in a TLC network; examination of skills in identifying a communication architectures and a network service suitable to satisfy the Quality of Service requirements; examination of knowledge on local area network; examination of knowledge about the Internet network. EVALUATION CRITERIA The written and oral tests have a weighting of 2/3 and 1/3 respectively in the final assessment. For each topic (thirty points based rating): sufficient knowledge (rating from 18 to 20); average knowledge (rating from 21 to 23); skills in sufficiently applying the knowledge (rating from 24 to 25); good skills in applying the knowledge (rating from 27 to 28); excellent skills in applying the knowledge (rating from 29 to 30 with honors).

A. Roveri - "Retematica: Funzioni e Servizi di rete" (Vol. I, Ottobre 2001) N. Blefari-Melazzi, M. Listanti, A. Roveri - "Retematica: Infrastrutture per applicazioni telematiche" (Vol. III, Ottobre 2001) N. Bléfari-Melazzi - "Internet: Architetture, Principali protocolli e Linee Evolutive”, McGraw-Hill 2006 A. Pattavina – “Reti di Telecomunicazione”, McGraw-Hill 2007 J.F. Kurose, K.W. Ross –“Reti di Calcolatori e Internet”, Pearson Education Italia, Sesta Edizione 2013 Cisco Press - "CCNA Instructor’s Manual"-year 2007 F. Cuomo – “Esercizi di Reti di Telecomunicazioni”, Edizioni Ingegneria 2000, 2005

Frontal and remote teaching are foreseen. Theoretical lectures and exercises are carried out.