TSIN01 Information Networks

Introduction

The course aims to provide understanding of how a packet-oriented information network works and how the choice of multiple access communication protocol can affect its performance. The course intends to give good knowledge of the fundamental methods for multiple-access and routing in communication networks.

Seven layer Open Systems Interconnection model

Lecture Content

Instructors

Course Literature

The recommended course book is Data Networks by Dimitri Bertsekas and Robert G. Gallager, second edition, 1992, ISBN 9780132009164 (paperback). The book can be obtained by the university bookstore Bokakademin at a reasonable price. A scanned copy of the book can be downloaded from the author’s webpage.

Prerequisites

Information for enrolled students

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