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Last updated January 17th, 2000
University of Helsinki
Department of Computer Science
58069-8 Data Communications (4ov)
Spring 2000
General Information
For general information on the course (position in studies, course
prerequisites, aims, course material etc.), please
take a look at http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/kurssit/kuvaukset/58069-8E.html.
Teaching
Lectures (in Finnish)
181.-31.3. Tuesday, Friday 12-14 Auditorio (Teollisuuskatu 23) (Liisa Marttinen)
Exercises
Exercises are done as homework and the solutions will be discussed afterwards
in small groups. The exercise questions are given on lectures and they will also be published
on-line, here.
Exercise Groups 24.1-7.4
1. Tuntiop. Sampo Pyysalo Tue 10-12 A318
2. Tuntiop. Sampo Pyysalo Tue 14-16 A318
3. Ass. Tiina Niklander Tue 14-16 B450
4. Ass. Tiina Niklander Tue 16-18 A319
5. Leht. Liisa Marttinen (in English) Wed 12-14 A318
6. Leht. Liisa Marttinen Wed 10-12 B450
7. Tuntiop. Sasu Tarkoma Fri 10-12 C454
8. Tuntiop. Sasu Tarkoma Fri 14-16 C454
Course Material
The course book is
Tanenbaum, Data Communications (3rd Edition), 1996
Other reading material:
Pederson, Davie, Computer Networks, A Systems Approach, Morgan Kaufman, 1996
Halsall, Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems, Addison-Wesley
1996 (4. painos)
Stallings, Data and Computer Communications, MacMillan 1994 (4.painos)
Passing the Course
Active participation in the exercises is required to be able to pass the
course with intermediate exams:
Wednesday 1.3. 10-13 room 1 in University Main Building
Monday 10.4. 10-14 room 1 in University Main Building
From the course exercises you can get max 10 points
and max 50 points from the exam. You should get at least 10 points from each
exam. You need about 30 points to pass the course and about 51 points to
get the highest credits 3/3.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. The Physical Layer
3. The Data Link Layer
4. The Medium Access Sublayer
5. The Network Layer
6. The Transport Layer
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