EE3315Internet Technology

What you will study

Course overview

The students will learn the knowledge of key technologies and protocols in the TCP/IP protocol suite, network control plane. It will look at technologies which transform the Internet from its data-only roots to a true multi-service network that can handle voice, video and multimedia with comparable quality and reliability.

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Course content

Transport Layer • User Datagram Protocol (UDP) • Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) • TCP Addressing: TCP connection, TCP endpoint, TCP port • Retransmission Strategy: positive acknowledgements, retransmission timeout, adaptive retransmission algorithm • TCP Flow Control: credit allocation scheme, window advertisement • Connection Establishment: problems with two-way handshake, three-way handshake • Connection Termination: graceful termination, modified three-way handshake • Congestion Control: Slow Start, Congestion Avoidance, Fast Retransmit, Fast Recovery • Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) Application Layer • Internet Services and Protocols: Host Configuration (DHCP), Domain Name System (DNS), Remote Logging (Telnet and SSH), File Transfer (FTP), Electronic Mail (SMTP/POP/IMAP, MIME), WWW (HTTP), Network Management (SNMP), Multimedia. • Network Programming: Socket API with implementation of DNS, Telnet, FTP, SSH, SMTP/POP/IMAP/MIME or HTTP • Internet Applications: Client-Server Architecture, P2P, HTML, XML Internet Routing & Software Defined Networking (SDN) Control Plane • Routing principles: distance vector, link-state, hierarchical routing • Internet routing protocols: RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, EGP, BGP • SDN: SDN-controlled switches, SDN controller, network-control applications, OpenFlow protocol Multimedia Networking • Multimedia networking applications, streaming stored video, voice-over-IP • Protocols for real-time conversational applications, network support for multimedia Laboratory Experiment: Laboratory will complement the lecture and reinforce students’ understanding of the course material.

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Intended learning outcomes

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CILOs                                              Weighting (if DEC-A1          DEC-A2          DEC-A3
                                                                  app.)
1              Recognize the design principles and the                              x           x
               implementation issues of IP routing protocols
               and SDN control plane
2              Explain the principles for TCP and apply them                        x           x
               to solve problems analytically
3              Recognize the design principles for multimedia                       x           x
               networking, e.g. audio and video streaming
4              Explain the principles for various application                       x           x
               protocols
5              Demonstrate the understanding of IP routing                          x           x
               protocols through hands-on tasks in laboratory
               exercise

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Before you take this course

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Prerequisites

Nil

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Precursors

EE3009 Data Communications and Networking

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Corequisites

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Additional course requirements

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Equivalent courses and conditions

Nil

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Exclusive courses and conditions

Nil

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Assessment and passing the course

Assessment

Continuous Assessment (%): 50; Examination (%): 50; Examination Duration (Hours): 2

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ATs               CILO No.            Weighting (%)       Remarks ("-" for    Allow Use of
                                                                                  nil entry)          GenAI?
1                       Tests (min.: 2)   1, 2, 3, 4          30                  -                   No
2                       #Assignments      1, 2, 3, 4          10                  -                   Yes
                        (min.: 3)
3                       Lab Exercises/    5                   10                  -                   Yes
                        Reports

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Passing requirements

Minimum Examination Passing Requirement (%): 30 Additional Information for ATs: Remark: To pass the course, students are required to achieve at least 30% in course work and 30% in the examination. Also, 75% laboratory attendance rate must be obtained. # may include homework, tutorial exercise, project/mini-project, presentation

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