Course pages 2012–13 Lecturer: Dr A.W. Moore No. of lectures: 24
Suggested hours of supervisions: 6 This course is a prerequisite
for the Part II courses Principles of Communication and Security
II. The aim of this course is to introduce key concepts and
principles of computer networks. The course will use a top-down
approach to study the Internet and its protocol stack. Instances
of architecture, protocol, application-examples will include
email, web and media-streaming. We will cover communications
services (e.g., TCP/IP) required to support such network
applications. The implementation and deployment of
communications services in practical networks: including wired
and wireless LAN environments, will be followed by a discussion
of issues of network-security and network-management, Throughout
the course, the Internet’s architecture and protocols will be
used as the primary examples to illustrate the fundamental
principles of computer networking. - Introduction. Overview of
networking using the Internet as a