1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Exercises	30

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

COURSE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Introducing computer networks based on the Internet protocol. Getting familiar with up-to-date networking technologies and applications, especially world-wide-web. Acquiring skills in writing simple web pages and documents in HTML and XML.

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND SYLLABUS:
1. Communications and networking. Network standards and standardization bodies. The ISO/OSI 7-layer reference model and its instantiation in TCP/IP. Circuit switching and packet switching. Physical layer networking concepts. Data link layer concepts. Internetworking and routing. Transport layer services. Local-area networks, global-area networks, Internet.
2. The web as an example of client-server computing. Web technologies. Characteristics of web servers. Role of client computers. Nature of the client-server relationship. Web protocols, particularly HTML and XML. Support tools for web-site creation and management. Publishing on web. Developing web applications.
3. Network management. Basics of network management. Issues for Internet service providers. Security issues and firewalls. Quality of service issues.
4. Multimedia. Review of multimedia technologies. Multimedia standards. Input and output devices for multimedia. Multimedia servers. Tools to support multimedia development. Basics of data compression and decompression.
5. Wireless and mobile technologies. History, evolution and compatibility of wireless standards. The special problems of wireless and mobile computing. Wireless local area networks. Satellite-based networks. Wireless local loops. Mobile Internet protocols. Emerging technologies.

Mandatory course - Regular study - Computer Science and Mathematics