1. Dr. Faouzi Kamoun (MSUD 538) fkamoun@ud.ac.ae Tel: 971-4-2072608 College of Information Technology Dubai University College ITGN 235: Principles of Networking ITGN 225: Networking

2. Course Description The purpose of the course is to provide essential knowledge on networking infrastructure, different types of networks and network hardware and software. Coverage includes data transmission, hubs, switches, routers, topology, wiring and physical topology Protocol, layering LAN, WAN and internetworking.

3. Textbooks Textbook: Douglas E., Comer and Ralf Droms, Computer Networks & Internet, Prentice Hall, 4rd Edition, (2004), ISBN: 0-13-091449-5

4. Assessment This course is assessed by a combination of assignments and written examinations; Tutorials/Pop-up quizzer 10% 5 Quizzes 25% Team Project 5 % Midterm Exam 25% Final Exam 35% 40% 60%

5. Exams: Midterm Exam: 22/10/2008 Final Exam 22/12/2008 (6:30-8:30)

6. COURSE DESIGN This course is organized into 5 main units: –Unit 1: Introduction to Networking (Ch 1 & 2) –Introduction to networking –Motivation for Networking and Internetworking –Unit 2: Data Transmission (Ch 4 & 6) –Basics of data transmission –Overview of Transmission media –Bandwidth and delay terminologies –Unit 3: Packet Transmission (Ch 7, 8, 9, 10, 16) –Overview of Packets, frames and error detection –Network Topology and LAN/WAN technologies –LAN wiring and physical topology –Protocols and layering

7. COURSE DESIGN This course is organized into 5 main units: –Unit 4: Internetworking: Concepts, architectures & Protocols (17, 18, 25, 26 ) –Concepts, architecture and protocols. –Internet protocol –TCP protocol. –Network Address Translation

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