Lecture: Data Communication and Internet Technology
Course:
- Responsible: Dr. Markus Esch (Fraunhofer FKIE)
- Dates: Tue 9:15-11:45 (s.t.), weekly, B-IT building, Großer Hörsaal
Exercises:
- Responsible: Dr. Markus Esch (Fraunhofer FKIE), Christoph Fuchs, Jonathan Kirchhoff
- Dates: Tue 12:00-13:30 (s.t.), selected dates (see schedule), B-IT building, Großer Hörsaal
Other:
- Term: Master Computer Science
- Requirements:
- Faculty: B-IT Media Informatics
- Effort: 3L + 2E / B-IT 6 CP
News
- Results for 2nd exam online.
- Results for 1st exam online.
- Results for Practical Assignment Part 2 online.
- Time schedule for presentations of the practical assignment #2 is online.
- Results for Practical Assignment Part 1 online.
- Time schedule for presentations of the practical assignment is online.
- The theoretical exercise sessions will start at 12:00
- The date of the first exercise (Question time for 1st practical assignment) has been changed to 26.11.2013, 12:15 h.
- Remember to register for the lecture:
Uni Bonn Master and Bachelor Students: Please register in
BASIS. Registration is open from November 10th - 30th, 2013.
Bachelor students must additionally get a permit from the examination board. Please contact theregistrar's office to get the application form and submit the signed form at our secretary's office.
Diploma students, FFF students, and CS as minor subject: Register using the applicationform.
B-IT students: See examination rules of RWTH Aachen. - Exam dates:
The final exam will take place on Feb 24, 2014 from 9:00 to 11:00 in lecture halls 1 and 2 at the institute site in Römerstr. 164 (directions).
The date for the second attempt is set to March 24, 2014 from 13:00 to 15:00 in lecture halls 1 and 2 at the institute site in Römerstr. 164 (directions). - Subscribe to the HPN mailing list here.
- Beginning from Nov 12, the lecture will start c.t., that is at 9:15!
Remark(s)
The lecture Data Communication and Internet Technology (short: DC&IT) will be offered by the external lecturer Dr. Markus Esch (senior researcher in Fraunhofer FKIE) in cooperation with the Institute of Computer Science 4 (Prof. Dr. Peter Martini). DC&IT is a lecture in the study program of B-IT Media Informatics.
The lecture DC&IT will be opened for participation of Bonn Master students in Master Computer Science as module MA-INF 3101 High Performance Networking (short: HPN).
The first lecture will take place on Tuesday, October 29 (i.e., in the third lecturing week of the winter term). All organizational information on the lecture and its exercises will be given at the first appointment on October 29.
The three lectures from Nov 05 to Nov 19 will cover a refresher of fundamental topics on data communication, networking and distributed systems and are voluntary for HPN master students.
Exercise Schedule
Exercises take place at the following dates from 12:00 to 13:30:
- 26.11.2013 (new date): Question time for 1st practical assignment
- 03.12.2013: Discussion of 1st theoretical exercise sheet
- 10.12.2013: Presentation of solutions for 1st practical assignment
- 17.12.2013: Discussion of 2nd theoretical exercise sheet
- 14.01.2014: Discussion of 3rd theoretical exercise sheet and question time for 2nd practical assignment
- 04.02.2014: Discussion of 4th theoretical exercise sheet
- 04.02.2014: Presentation of solutions for 2nd practical assignment
Requirements to get admitted to exam participation:
In the DC&IT / HPN course, a total of 2 (two) practical assignment sheets will be issued, containing tasks of practical nature to apply programming skills in the topic area of data communication and networking/distributed systems.
The solutions need to be delivered in written form (including software) and will be personally presented in small teams of maximum four students to the lecture team. To get admitted to the exams, both practical assignment sheets need to be solved and presented in a satisfactory way.
Mailing list
The mailing list "HPN" is used for news concerning the lecture "Data Communication and Internet Technology". An additional purpose is to discuss the lecture topics or assignment sheets. It is strongly recommended to subscribe to the mailing list. More information can be found here.
Lecture slides
Access to the slides requires a username and a password, which has been announced in the first lecture.
If you were not present during the first lecture, please ask your fellow students or come by our offices. Note that passwords must not be sent through unencrypted e-mail.
| Chapter | PDF file |
|---|---|
0. Introduction |  Slides |
1. Motivation | |
2. Architectures | |
3. Computer Networks |
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4. Synchronization | |
5. Processes | |
6. Fault Tolerance | |
7. P2P-Networks | Slides |
8. Consistency | Slides |
8. Complex Networks | Slides |
Assignment Sheets
The PDF files can be viewed and printed with Adobe Reader. The program is available for free and installed on nearly all hosts of the institute.
Information on tutorials/exercises will be found here in time.
| PDF file | Supplementary material |
|---|---|
| Exercise Sheet 1 | |
| Exercise Sheet 2 | |
| Exercise Sheet 3 | |
| Exercise Sheet 4 | Solution |
Practical exercises
| PDF file | Supplementary material | Further information | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | Results of PA 1 | ||
| Part 2 | Results of PA2 |