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91760 - Network Programming (2nd cycle)

Academic Year 2021/2022

                
                        Docente:
                        Giovanni Pau
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        ING-INF/05
                    
                        Language:
                        Italian
                    
                        Moduli:
                        
                            Giovanni Pau
                            (Modulo 1)
                        
                            Andrea Piroddi
                            (Modulo 2)
                        
                        Teaching Mode:
                        
                                    Traditional lectures (Modulo 1)
                                
                                    Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
                                
                            Campus:
                            Cesena
                        
                            Corso:
                            Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
                            Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering for Energy (cod. 8770)

                                Also valid for
                                
                                    First cycle degree programme (L) in
                                    
                                        Computer Science and Engineering (cod. 8615)
                                    
                                    First cycle degree programme (L) in
                                    
                                        Biomedical Engineering (cod. 9082)
                                    
                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

Basic knowledge of network programming. At the end of the course the student should be able to understand the more common technologies used for building network infrastructures, to design distributed software applications and to implement them.

Course contents

Internet and computer networks: Internet, protocols, client-server architecture, access networks, network medium, packet and circuit switching, ISPs and Internet backbones, packet delay, packet loss, end-to-end delay, throughput, protocol layers and service models, computer and network security.
Application layer: architectures, application level protocols (Web and HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, DNS), P2P architectures (BitTorrent), socket programming.
Transport layer: services, multiplexing and demultiplexing, connectionless service, UDP protocol, reliable data transfer, pipeline protocols, Go-Back-N, selective repeat, connection-oriented communication, TCP protocol, congestion control.
Network Layer: IP protocol, Network Data Path.

Readings/Bibliography

James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross. Reti di Calcolatori e Internet, un approccio top-down. Pearson. Settima edizione.
A. S. Tanenbaum, D. J. Wetherall. Reti di Calcolatori. Pearson. Quinta edizione.
B. Forouzan, F. Mosharraf. Reti di Calcolatori. Un approccio top-down. McGraw-Hill Companies, 2013. ISBN: 978.8838668197.

Teaching methods

Lessons.

Assessment methods

Written test.

Teaching tools

The slides and additional resources used during the lessons are available on: https://iol.unibo.it/ to access the repository you will need your official student username/password given by the University.

Office hours

See the website of Giovanni Pau

See the website of Andrea Piroddi