COURSE SYLLABUS

COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

1	Course Title:	COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
2	Course Code:	EEM4410
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	8
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	-
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. SAİT ESER KARLIK
16	Course Lecturers:	-
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	E-posta:ekarlik@uludag.edu.tr Tel: (224) 294 20 95 Adres: Elektronik Mühendisliği Bölümü 5. Kat, No:529
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To gain sufficient background about architectures, implementation an operational principles of current communication networks; to determine and solve basic problems in communication networks; to determine performance of a communication network; to design a basic network; to develop and select proper transmission methods and devices for communication networks
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To gain sufficient background about architectures, implementation an operational principles of current communication networks;
2	To determine basic problems in communication networks;
3	To solve basic problems in communication networks;
4	To determine performance of a communication network and to design a basic network;
5	To develop proper transmission methods for communication networks;
6	To select proper devices for communication networks;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction to communication networks, network types (LAN, MAN, WAN, wireless and private networks), OSI and TCP/IP reference models
2	Network examples and standardization
3	Physical layer standards
4	Data-link layer- basic data-link protocols, protocol authentication, high level data-link control (HDLC), Internet data-link layer
5	Medium access control (MAC) sublayer- static and dynamic channel allocation in LANs and MANs, multiple access protocols
6	Data-link layer switching devices
7	Network layer- network layer design principles, routing and congestion control algorithms
8	Repeating courses and midterm exam
9	Network layer - Quality of service (QoS), interoperability, internet network layer
10	Transport Layer- Basic transmission protocols, Internet transmission protocols: UDP
11	Internet transmission protocols: TCP, network performance
12	Application layer- DNS and e-mail applications
13	Application layer- WWW and multimedia applications
14	Network security- security algorithms, security protocols, e-mail and web security

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Data and Computer Communications, William Stallings, 9th Ed., Prentice Hall, 2010. 2. Computer Networks, A. S. Tanenbaum, 5th Ed., Prentice Hall, 2010. 3. Bilgisayar Haberleşmesi ve Ağ Teknolojileri, Rifat Çölkesen ve Bülent Örencik, Papatya Yayınları, 2008. 4. Bilgisayar Ağları ve Ağ Güvenliği, Osman Nuri Uçan ve Onur Osman, Nobel Yay. Dağıt., 2006. 5. Bilgisayar Ağları, B. Demir Öner, Papatya Yayınları 2003.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	2	50
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	50
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		50
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		50
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High