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Network Technologies I

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Course Unit Code440-2214/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
MIC26Ing. Libor Michalek, Ph.D.
MAC24Ing. Petr Machník, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject Network Technologies I is oriented on an overview of all important developing network technologies for the transmission of various types of information like voice, data, video or multimedia information. It includes circuit-switched and packet-switched networks. An attention is also dedicated to optical transmission networks that create an inseparable part of a network communication infrastructure, various network procedures for a connection establishment with the specified service quality and fundamentals of the network management. It is also interested in LAN networks, WAN networks, Internet, access networks and various wireless technologies.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
To understand the concept and principle of network technologies, including methods of data transmission.

Learning outcomes are set so that the students are able to identify, apply and solve tasks in the field of network technologies.
Course Contents
Lectures:
1) Telecommunication networks attributes, communication model, signaling, methods of signal switching.
2) OSI reference model and its layers. TCP/IP protocol model and its layers, IP, TCP, and UDP.
3) Addressing in IPv4 and IPv6.
4) Subnetting.
5) LAN networks – LAN protocol stack, media access methods in LANs, network topologies, Ethernet.
6) Transport networks – PDH (Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy), SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy), DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing), used network devices. IP WAN networks, pure IP WAN networks, HDLC and PPP, MPLS technology, Metro Ethernet.
7) Internet – structure of Internet. Cloud computing.
8) Metallic and optical access networks (xDSL, DOCSIS, FTTx).
9) Wireless access networks (WLAN, DVB-RCS, Starlink). GNSS system.
10) Wireless Personal Area Networks (Bluetooth, Zigbee, ANT+). LPWAN technology.
11) Mobile technologies GSM and LTE.
12) Mobile technologies 5G and 6G. Future and visions in mobile networks.


Exercises:
1) Safety in laboratories. Basic information about the subject and its classification.
2) Laboratory work – cabling.
3) Laboratory work – IP addresses, subnetting.
4) Laboratory work – computer networks.
5) Laboratory work – throughput and delay measurement in data networks.
6) Laboratory work – virtualization.
7) Laboratory work – VoIP technology. Test nr.1.
8) Laboratory work – xDSL technology.
9) Laboratory work – passive optical networks.
10) Laboratory work – LPWAN technology (LoRa).
11) Laboratory work – wireless access networks (WiFi).
12) Laboratory work – mobile networks. Test nr. 2.
13) Reserve term for tests and labs.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
MACHNÍK, Petr, MICHALEK, Libor. Network technologies I. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2021.
MACHNÍK Petr, MICHALEK, Libor. Síťové technologie I. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2021.
Recommended Reading:
MIR, Nader F. Computer and communication networks. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2015. ISBN 9780133814743.
OLIFER, Natalia, OLIFER, Victor. Computer Networks: Principles, Technologies and Protocols for Network Design. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2006. 973 s. ISBN 0470869828.
MOLISCH, Andreas F. Wireless communications. 2nd ed. Chichester: John Wiley, 2011. ISBN 978-0-470-74186-3.
MIR, Nader F. Computer and communication networks. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2015. ISBN 9780133814743.
OLIFER, Natalia, OLIFER, Victor. Computer Networks: Principles, Technologies and Protocols for Network Design. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2006. 973 s. ISBN 0470869828.
MOLISCH, Andreas F. Wireless communications. 2nd ed. Chichester: John Wiley, 2011. ISBN 978-0-470-74186-3.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit40 (40)15
                SubnettingLaboratory work2 0
                Computer NetworksLaboratory work2 0
                Throughput MeasurementLaboratory work2 0
                VirtualizationLaboratory work2 0
                VoIPLaboratory work2 0
                Test No. 1Written test10 0
                xDSLLaboratory work2 0
                PONLaboratory work2 0
                LoRaLaboratory work2 0
                WiFiLaboratory work2 0
                Mobile NetworksLaboratory work2 0
                Test No. 2Written test10 0
        ExaminationExamination60 (60)25
                TestWritten examination40 20
                Oral examOral examination20 5