Fundamentals of Communications and Networks
(Fundamentos de Comunicação e Redes)

Goals

  • Discutir os conceitos fundamentais das redes e comunicações de dados, identificando-se as principais caraterísticas da arquitetura Internet, com enfase nos problemas de mobilidade e conexões não permanentes;
  • Abordar os serviços fundamentais de comunicação de dados e as soluções de codificação de dados;
  • Analisar alguns protocolos Internet e realizar o desenvolvimento de aplicações distribuídas em rede;

Bibliography

  1. J. Kurose and K. Rose, Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach Featuring The Internet, Addison-Wesley, 7th edition, 2017.
  2. W. Richard Stevens, TCP/IP Illustrated vol I: The Protocols, Addisson-Wesley 2011.
  3. William Stallings, Cryptography and Network Security, 7Th Edition, Pearson, 2018.
  4. Chris Sanders, Jason Smith, Applied Network Security Monitoring: Collection, Detection, and Analysis, Syngress, 2013.
  5. William Stallings, Data and Computer Communications, Prentice Hall, 10th edition, 2014.

Evaluation

Theoretical

  • Theoretical (T) - 60% of the final grade
  • Minimum grade: 8.0 (0-20 points)

Pratical

  • Theoretical-Practical (TPs) - 40% of the final grade
  • Practical work during TPs, to be carried out (mainly) during classes
  • Minimum grade: 8.0 (0-20 points)
  • Work in a team with 3 or 4 members

Final Grade (FG)

  • FG = T * 0.6 + TP * 0.4

Support Material

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