This course addresses communication asp. The lecture addresses topics such as:

• Basic background: protocls, services, models, communication standards;
• Principles of communication engineering: signals, coding, modulation, media;
• Data link layer: media access etc.;
• Local networks: IEEE-Standards, Ethernet, bridges;
• Network layer: routing and forwarding, Internet protocols (IPv4, IPv6);
• Transport layer: quality of service, flow control, congestion control, TCP;
• Internet: TCP/IP protocol suite;
• Applications: WWW, security, network management;
• New network concepts.

In the supplementary exercise course the students will practically apply their knowledge.

• Larry Peterson, Bruce S. Davie: Computernetze - Ein modernes Lehrbuch, dpunkt Verlag, Heidelberg, 2000
• Krüger, G., Reschke, D.: Lehr- und Übungsbuch Telematik, Fachbuchverlag Leipzig, 2000
• Kurose, J. F., Ross, K. W.: Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Addi-son-Wesley Publishing Company, Wokingham, England, 2001
• Siegmund, G.: Technik der Netze, 4. Auflage, Hüthig Verlag, Heidelberg, 1999
• Halsall, F.: Data Communi-cations, Computer Networks and Open Systems 4. Auflage, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Wokingham, England, 1996
• Tanenbaum, A. S.: Computer Networks, 3. Auflage, Prentice Hall, Inc., New Jersey, 1996

Requirements: Basic understanding of computer networks, e.g., TI-III