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1.Subject Title

Subject title:      Computer Networks and Internet 

Tenured Professor: Associate Professor Ştefan Stăncescu

Type: training (general or specialist) specialist

Number of course hours:         28 hrs

Number of application hours :   14 hrs S + 14 hrs P

Number of credit points:         4

Semester/year:               2'nd/1'st

Package: curricular area (common or specialist) specialist

Prerequisites: attending and / or promoting the following subjects: Computer Systems Architecture

2.Objectives of Subject

-          For courses 

Computer networks interconnected in Internet structures, analysis, design, operation and management concepts and methods are studied. Numeric and symbolic addressing, TCP/IP stack complements, congestion control, services quality, specific applications, search engines, semantic WEB, security and collaboration in Internet.

  -          For applications   

Practical laboratory works accommodate students with system software dedicated to communication between Internet connected computers> WEB servers, visibility on search engines, distributed application control, network administration, LINUX server administration as router/firewall.

3.Specific Competencies

Facilitate apprehension about standardized ISO/OSI open system concepts in computer networks and in distributed applications, in network dedicated computer hardware and software.

Accommodate with common protocols in computer networks and offer unitary view for performance evaluation of communication means.

      Build a solid base for Internet applications apprehension.

4.Syllabus

    1. Course:

Chapter

Content

Hours

1

Internet as Global Network, History, Administration Organisms, Internet Providers

2

2

Symbolic Name Space. Name Domains and Domain Name Servers. Symbolic Name Space Management in DNS.

2

3

TCP/IP Complements. QoS ams QoS Mechanisms. Congestion Control

2

4

SNMP and Network Resources Management

2

5

E-Mail Technics

2

6

Internet Service Providers Software and Hardware Platforms

2

7

Internet Applications, Application Interfaces and Servers

2

8

Search Engines

2

9

Semantic WEB. WEB 2.0

4

10

Internet Security

4

11

Security in Distributed Operating Systems

2

12

Cooperative Work in Internet. Social Implications. Cloud Computing.

2

 

Total

28

    1. Applications:

Lab.

Content

Hours

1

Local Address Space Design (project)

6

3

Web Server Design and Management (project)

8

3

Search Engines

4

3

Network Applications Management

6

4

Network Management and Administration

4

 

Total

28

5.Assessment

a)    Activities assessed and their weighting :(according to the Graduating Regulations)

Laboratories                  30%

Work assigned                 30%  

Project                       20%

Final examination             20%

b)    Minimum passing requirements:

passing laboratory and project work;

passing the final evaluation.

c)    Final scoring;

50-55 points – mark 5; 56-59– mark 6; 60-69- mark 7;

70-79- mark 8; 80-89 mark- 9; 90-100 mark-10.

6.Benchmarking

Course Notes and examples on web page

http://stst.elia.pub.ro/news/RCI_2009_10/Teme_RCI_2009_10.htm

Classical oral presentation in Romanian

8.Bibliography

(1). Ştefan Stăncescu – Cours Notes.

(2). Douglas E. Comer: Computer Networks and Internets (5th Ed), Prentice Hall, 2008

(3). Şt. Stăncescu, Sorin Adam, “Markov process model cache algorithm, dedicated to network file servers” 10th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference Proceedings MELECON’2000, Cyprus, May 2000, Vol. I, pp. 2-5.

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