Università Roma Tre

THIS COURSE BUILDS ON THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF COMPUTER NETWORKS FROM ELEMENTS OF INTERNET. IT COVERS FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS ON COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS AND THEIR ARCHITECTURES CURRENTLY USED IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, PARTICULARLY ON INTERNET. THE COURSE WILL ALSO FOCUS ON DEVELOPPING YOUR SKILLS AS A DESIGNER, ANALYST AND IMPLEMENTOR OF NETWORK SYSTEMS VIA SIMULATION SOFTWARE. TO THIS END, SEVERAL LAB ACTIVITIES WILL BE DEDICATED TO NETWORK SIMULATIONS BY OPEN-SOURCE TOOLS. DURING THE COURSE STUDENTS WILL BE ASSIGNED FEW PROBLEM SETS, WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED INDIVIDUALLY.

THE COURSE IS STRUCTURED IN LECTURES ON ESSENTIAL NETWORKING FUNCTIONS OF DATA TRANSFER, TRANSFER CONTROL, NETWORK APPLICATIONS AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS. LABORATORY ACTIVITIES WILL COVER THE BASICS OF DISCRETE EVENTS SIMULATOR (NETWORK SIMULATOR 2).