Module Overview
Advanced Computer Networking
Part-time / Level 7 / Online / 10 ECTS
This module builds upon the student’s knowledge of computer networks. In particular it focuses on issues relating to network access from a hardware and software perspective. It examines network access technologies and the impact of networked applications on network performance. Essentially the module provides a deeper understanding of networking issues that need to be addressed in today’s changing communications environment as well as providing a theoretical and practical understanding of how applications use networks. The aim of this module is to provide the student with a broader understanding of both lower-level and higher-level computer communication technologies and concepts as well as providing a grounding in networked application development and monitoring.
- Network access technologies and concepts
- Network performance issues
- The Client-server model
- Concepts
- Concurrent server-class machines/programs
- The Transport Layer
- Services and protocols
- Transport addresses
- Transport connections
- Transport layer operational concepts
- The Application Layer
- Address resolution
- Common networked applications
- The Berkeley Sockets API
- The Socket Abstraction
- The Socket interface/primitivesAddressing
- Remote and local process-to-process communications
- Networked application development
This module can be delivered either through standard delivery or blended delivery. In standard delivery this module is delivered through a series of lectures with associated practical assignments. In blended delivery this module is delivered through a series of live and recorded lectures with associated laboratory work and practical assignments. Both blended and standard delivery have the same overall number of teaching and self-directed learning hours.
Module Content & Assessment
| Assessment Breakdown | % |
|---|---|
| Formal Examination | 70.00% |
| Other Assessment | 30.00% |
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EU students: €470
Non-EU students: Contact international.city@tudublin.ie for more details.