IDENTIFYING DATA 2021_22
Subject (*) NETWORK DESIGN Code 17244130
Study programme
Bach. Degree in Telecommunication Systems and Services Engineering (2016)
Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Compulsory Fourth 1Q
Language
Català
Department Computer Engineering and Mathematics
Coordinator
BANÚS ALSINA, JOSEP MARIA
E-mail josepm.banus@urv.cat
Lecturers
BANÚS ALSINA, JOSEP MARIA
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General description and relevant information The information published in this guide corresponds to face-to-face classes and can serve as a guide. Due to the health emergency caused by COVID-19 there may be changes in teaching, assessment and calendars for the 2021-22 academic year. These changes will be reported in the Moodle space of each subject.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 RT3 Have the ability to use electronic tools to mine bibliographic or information resources in the field of telecommunications and electronics.
 RT6 Have the ability to conceive, deploy, organize and manage telecommunications networks, systems, services and infrastructures in residential (home, urban and digital communities), business and institutional contexts, accept responsibility for setting up and continuously improving them, and understanding their economic and social impact.
 RT12 Understand and use the concepts of network architecture, protocols and communications interfaces.
 RT14 Understand the methods for interconnecting networks and routing and the fundamentals of the planning and dimensioning of networks in accordance with traffic parameters
Type B Code Competences Transversal
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 RT3 Configure a local area network device
Configure a wireless network device
Configure a network connection device
 RT6 Design a local area network
 RT12 Understand high-speed technologies
 RT14 Design the interconnection of various local area networks
Understand virtual networks
Type B Code Learning outcomes
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
High Speed Networks Overview of basic networking concepts: Address Resolution Protocol, Static Routing,...
LAN, WAN and Wireless technologies.
LAN design and configuration Design Rules: scalability, resiliency and modularity.
Spanning Tree Protocol
Virtual LANs.
Physical resources virtualization techniques.
Convergent networks requirements.
Introduction to SDN.
Network Interconnection IPv4 & IPV6 addressing
Assigning static IP addresses in a LAN.
Multicast
Introduction to address trasnlation.
Internal dynamic routing.
External dynamic routing.
MPLS

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
2 0 2
Lecture
RT3
RT6
RT12
RT14
26 26 52
Laboratory practicals
RT3
RT6
RT14
28 34 62
Personal attention
2 0 2
 
Short-answer objective tests
RT6
RT12
RT14
2 30 32
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities The subject, its program and the form of evaluation will be introduced.
Lecture The oral presentation will be combined with overhead projection of computer presentations and the blackboard.

When necessary, explanatory videos will be published or video-conference sessions will be held by Teams.
Laboratory practicals There will be exercises simulated with software, either in the labs or at home.

Attempts will be made to have at least one face-to-face session in the lab with Cisco hardware.
Personal attention Students can talk face to face to the professor at his office or during laboratory sessions. Doubts and questions could be answered either by email, via moodle forums or Teams video-calls.

Personalized attention
Description

Time reserved for individual attention and doubt solving with students. Due to the health emergency, this attention can be carried out through online meetings, previously appointed by e-mail, or with other online tools.


Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Laboratory practicals
RT3
RT6
RT14
50%
Short-answer objective tests
RT6
RT12
RT14
50%
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

The exams will be held in person. In case of lockdown or mobility restrictions caused by the Covid-19 health emergency, the assessment activities, including exams, would be done online on the scheduled dates. Updated information can be found on Moodle (virtual teaching space).

Assessment activities will be planned in order to be carried out in a mixed or online mode in the event of lockdown.

Unless otherwise stated during the exam, notes, books, other reference material and Internet browsing are not allowed.

To pass the progressive assessment it's mandatory:

- to deliver in-time all required materials for every practice.

- to pass a troubleshooting exercise on each delivered practice.

- both theory and practice global marks have to be >= 5.

In order to test the student knowledge, theory exams can include some questions related to practices. A bad performance in these questions could lead to a decrease in practice's marks.

Second Call:

Students can take a new evaluation of any part individually (in particular, those that have not been passed). Marks obtained in this second chance will substitute those obtained previously while the rest wil be kept. Applied conditions and weights will remain the same.


Sources of information

Basic Priscilla Oppenheimer, Top-Down Network Design, Third Edition, Cisco Press, 2010
Anthony Bruno, Steve Jordan, CCDA 200-310 Official Cert Guide, 5th ed., Cisco Press, 2016

Complementary , Materials del curs, ,
Andrew S. Tanenbaum, David J. Wetherall , Redes de Computadoras, Pearson Education, 2012
Douglas E. Comer, Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume One, Pearson, 2014
William Stallings, Foundations of Modern Networking: SDN, NFV, QoE, IoT, and Cloud, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2015

Recommendations

Subjects that continue the syllabus
NETWORK MANAGEMENT/17244136


Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
DATA NETWORKS AND THE INTERNET/17244104
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.