Management Engineering

VINCENZO ERAMO
FRANCESCO GIACINTO LAVACCA

Knowledge and understanding. This course aim at providing a basic understanding of key topics in telecommunications, namely fundamentals of information representation, communications and internetworking. Besides providing basic concepts, the classes aim to give a solid framework that enables the student to expand autonomously his/her knowledge of the field of telecommunication in the future.

applying knowledge and understanding. The approach takes a system point of view as well as a performance evaluation approach, as far as elementary, undergraduate-level models can be pursued. The aim is to guide the student to the statement and analysis of simple quantitative models of telecommunication systems and network protocols and to a qualtitative understanding of systems dynamics.

Making judgments. Specific attention is devoted to the development of student’s capability to contextualize and make criticism of technology progress as applied to telecommunications.

Communication skills. Through a constant attention to the meaning and also to historical roots of technical jargon and to scientific accuracy, the course aims at leading students to develop the ability of concise and technically accurate presentation of the course contents.

Knowledge of the basic topics of TLC Networks and in particular the Internet Network
Be able to configure Internet network equipment
Be able to make critical judgments and evaluations
Have acquired satisfactory communication skills
Have acquired autonomous in-depth skills on the proposed topics

Background is not required.

Parte I. Data Transmission: Analog and Digital Data Transmission; Transmission Impairments.
Parte II. Transmission Media: Guided Transmission Media; Wireless Transmission.
Parte III. Signal Encoding Techniques: Base Band and multilevel modulation; ASK, BPSK, QPSK modulations.
Parte IV. Error Detection and Correction Techniques.
Parte V. Telecommunication Networks and Services; Network logical and physical topology; Constant and Variable Bit Rate Information Sources.
Parte VI. Communication Architecture and Protocols.
Parte VII. 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).
Parte VIII. Local Area Network: Medium Access Protocol, CSMA/CD protocol, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, local network interconnection.
Parte IX. Internet: Internet Topology and Architecture, IPv4 Protocol, IPv4 Addressing, Internet Routing, UDP and TCP Transport Protocols.

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)
W. Stalling, -“Data and Computer Communication”, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2015

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
W. Stalling, -“Data and Computer Communication”, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2015
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.

The course consists of eight 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 data transmission; Examination of knowledge on the transmission media; Examination of knowledge on the analog and data modulation systems; 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; examination of skills in configuring an Internet network.

EVALUATION CRITERIA
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).

Internet Architecture