ECTS - Communication Networks
Communication Networks (EE403) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Communication Networks | EE403 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| EE316 |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Drill and Practice, Problem Solving. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | To gain an understanding of the concepts and techniques used to model and implement communications between processes residing on independent hosts. To give an understanding of service definitions and protocol specifications of layers. To give an understanding of general techniques for networking tasks such as; error control, flow control, switching, and routing. To give an understanding of how existing communication networks work. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Introduction. Architecture, OSI layer, topologies. Communication interface and data link control, error detection and correction. Circuit and packet switching, ATM and Frame relay, congestion control. Ethernet, token ring and FDDI, wireless LANs. Internet protocols (IP), internetwork operation, transport protocol (TCP), network security, ISDN and b |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Basic Concepts | Please, review the lecture notes and glance this week’s topics from your text book. |
| 2 | Protocol Hierarchy of Network Software | Please, review the lecture notes and glance this week’s topics from your text book. |
| 3 | Network Architectures | Please, review the lecture notes and glance this week’s topics from your text book. |
| 4 | Network Architectures | Please, review the lecture notes and glance this week’s topics from your text book. |
| 5 | Data Link Layer | Please, review the lecture notes and glance this week’s topics from your text book. |
| 6 | Elementary Data Link Protocols | Please, review the lecture notes and glance this week’s topics from your text book. |
| 7 | Protocol Verification | Please, review the lecture notes and glance this week’s topics from your text book. |
| 8 | Medium Access Control and Logical Link Control Sublayer | Please, review the lecture notes and glance this week’s topics from your text book. |
| 9 | Medium Access Control and Logical Link Control Sublayer | Please, review the lecture notes and glance this week’s topics from your text book. |
| 10 | Network Layer | Please, review the lecture notes and glance this week’s topics from your text book. |
| 11 | Transport Layer | Please, review the lecture notes and glance this week’s topics from your text book. |
| 12 | Transport Layer | Please, review the lecture notes and glance this week’s topics from your text book. |
| 13 | Application Layer | Please, review the lecture notes and glance this week’s topics from your text book. |
| 14 | Introduction to Industrial Networks | Please, review the lecture notes and glance this week’s topics from your text book. |
| 15 | Final examination period | Review of topics |
| 16 | Final examination period | Review of topics |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, “Computer Networks”, 4th Edition, Pearson Education International, 2003, ISBN: 0-13-038488-7. |
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| Other Sources | 2. William Stallings, “Computer Networking with Internet Protocols and Technology”, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004, ISBN: 0-13-141098-9. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 2 | 60 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Toplam | 3 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 60 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 40 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Ability to apply knowledge on Mathematics, Science and Engineering to advanced systems. | X | ||||
| 2 | Implementing long-term research and development studies in the major fields of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. | X | ||||
| 3 | Ability to use modern engineering tools, techniques and facilities in design and other engineering applications. | X | ||||
| 4 | Graduating researchers active on innovation and entrepreneurship. | |||||
| 5 | Ability to report and present research results effectively. | |||||
| 6 | Increasing the performance on accessing information resources and on following recent developments in science and technology. | |||||
| 7 | An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility. | |||||
| 8 | Increasing the performance on effective communications in both Turkish and English. | |||||
| 9 | Increasing the performance on project management. | |||||
| 10 | Ability to work successfully at project teams in interdisciplinary fields. | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 2 | 15 | 30 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 19 | 19 |
| Total Workload | 125 | ||