BLUEFIELDS INDIAN & CARIBBEAN UNIVERSITY (BICU)

COMPUTER SCIENCE SCHOOOL

COMPUTER NETWORKS STUDY PLAN

I. GENERAL DATA: 

STUDY PLAN : 2007 - 2011

CAREER : SYSTEM ENGINEERING 

ACADEMIC YEAR : 2010 

COURSE : REGULAR             

SUBJECT : COMPUTER NETWORKS 

CODE : LRD 08 

SEMESTER : EIGHT

FRECUENCY : 4HOURS

LANGUAGE : ENGLISH

PREREQUISITES  : OPERATING SYSTEM 

CONFERENCE/THEORETIC :36 Hrs. 

LABORATORY/PRACTICE :20 HrS. 

CREDIT :

EVALUATION :  4 Hrs. 
TOTAL HOURS :60 Hrs. 

II. INTRODUCTION 

The present Study Program of Computer Networks subject has been elaborated in
order to enrich the theoretic and practical knowledge of the student during the
development of the study program. The module has been structured as a tool in
order to promote independent studies of each unit within the classroom.

The contents of the study plan is focus on the Basic Administration of Local Area
Networks ( LAN ), and the rest of network, as well as a series of practical and
laboratory exercises.  

This subject implies the implementation of practical applications in the area

designing and configuration of Local Area Network. The objective is that students
will be capable of applying their knowledge, handle, know the importance,
functions and be able to installs computer network

III. GENERAL OBJECTIVE OF THE SUBJECT:

 Acquisition of theoretic knowledge and practical techniques to be able to

installed, configured and administered Computer Networks and local
intercommunication of two or more workstations. 

 The student will be able to design computer networks and its corresponding
administration, taking in consideration the OSI Reference Model, the
standards and applicable norm of the type of traffic, service, coverage and
security needs.

 Gives the student a detailed vision of the problematic in the subnets field
and its applicable solutions.

Objective of the System

 Acquire proficiency in designing and configuration of interconnection of

Local Area Networks ( LAN ) within an organization.

3.1. Psychosocial Objectives:

 Create ability to interact effectively with others in order to work towards a

common outcome.
 Acknowledge and respect all ethnics group in relation to obtain a major and
better area of study.
  Acknowledge and respect other cultures and appreciation of cultural
diversity.

3.2. Academic Objectives

 The ability to be able to specified the need to carry a control of the different
types of communication within a computing network field (Identify, organize
interchange, restore, etc.). 

 The ability to be able to know the need and necessity of administering

complex network.

 To be able to know and analyze the functions and possibilities of the

network levels and transportation of the standard model of the OSI/RM
(Open System Interconnections-Reference Model) and TCP/IP
(Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) segment. 

 To be able to acquire critical knowledge of Computer Network, and its

difficulties in designing, implementing and implanting the following: 

- Master/slave InterConnection
- Peer to peer interConnection (P2P)
- Client/server InterConnection

 Promote group work within the classroom to be able to share and

exchanged knowledge in areas such as creating cables, configuring and
administering   connections in computer network working areas.

IV. METHODOLOGICAL RECOMENDATIONS

During the development of the subject it is recommended that teachers introduce

students to do practice class in accordance to the units, in order to complement the
learning teaching process of the students. The practice class of this subject
required the use of network materials so that student can work in small groups and
develop their learning skills by doing.

To give the class teachers should make use of any other visual media beside the
chalk board to complement the learning process of the student. The units that
required practice should be base upon proposal and solving of problems with the
use of computer laboratory.
Teachers should be able to facilitate sufficient materials to student and present the
necessary condition to develop their learning process, and be able to use their
previous knowledge around the given unit.

The tuition process should be dynamic and contemplate actions that permit
students to participate in the classroom, promote individual studies, and be able to
search for information using the internet tools and other bibliography to be able to
develop learning habits and strong personal values.

Teachers should be pending around students activities within the classroom, and
establish methods that will contribute to the learning of the students, in order that
they can achieve their goal in their learning objective of the material in study.
 IV. THEME PLAN:

Lab/

Nº Theme/Units Theory Hours Evalu Total

1 Computer Network Module Reference 8 6 14

2 Transition Access Method 6 6

3 Data Direction 6 4

Computing Network System Design

4 Element 6 6 12

5 Network Operating System 6 2 8

6 Network Design Objective 4 2 6

TOTAL 36 20 4 60

V. OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS OF THEMES

 Unit I: Computer Network Module Reference

Objectives:   

 The student will be able to learn basic concepts, requirements and the
importance of Computer Network connections.
 
 The student will be able to administer principal characteristics, types of
networks, topologies, reference models and connections of local area
networks. 

 The student will be able to analyze the concepts implied in the physical
infrastructure of a computer network, taking into account implementation of
national and international standards norms.

Contents:  

1.1. Introduction 
1.1.1. Importance 
1.1.2. Benefit of Computer Networks 
1.1.3. Requirements
1.2. Historic background.  
1.3. Data communication. 
1.3.1. Basic concepts 
- Red, Nod, Client, Server, Interfase 
1.3.2. Characteristics of the Computer Networks 
- Characteristics 
- Advantages and inconveniences of computer network 
1.3.3. Classification of Networs
- Local Area Network ( LAN )
- Metropolitan Area Network ( MAN ).  
- Wide area Network ( WAN )
1.3.4. Basic Network Topologies  
- Ring, Bus, Star, Mesh,Tree 
1.3.5. Common configurations for data transmission 
1.4. Importance of the files structure.
1.5. Protocol communication
1.6. Network Reference Model
1.6.1. Characteristics of the Model OSI 
1.6.2. OSI model layers
1.6.2.1. Application Layers
1.6.2.2. Presentation Layers 
1.6.2.3. session Layers
1.6.2.4. transport Layers
1.6.2.5. Network layers
1.6.2.6. Data link layers
1.6.2.7. Physical layer 
1.7. TCP/IP Protocols
1.8. TCP/IP's structure or characteristic
1.9. Data encapsulation

Unit 2: Transition Access Method

 Objective: 

 Define the types of transmissions, methods and controls used to access

computer network. 

 The student will be able to analyze with base and according to the
standards norms, the administration of a network, the functions of
processing signals and select the types of security required. 

Contents: 

a. Network Administration and Security

b. Types of Modulations Signal 
c. Transmission lines 
d. Capacity of a transmission channel 
 e. Bit rate (speed).
f.  Transmission channel.  
g. Access methods.  
h. Control of Access.  

Unit 3: Addressing Data Packets  

Objectives: 

 The student will be able to acquire basic knowledge’s about the functions of
a Network using an IP addresses that constitute the Internet. 

 The student will be able to learn by applying laboratory practices to

assimilate the understanding and functions of the different protocols of the
TCP/IP architecture.

Contents: 

3.1 Introduction 
3.2 IP addresses 
3.2.1 Unicast IP's addresses 
3.2.2 Classes of IP's addresses 
3.2.3 Rules for the numbering of Network ID and HOST 
3.3 Subnets 
3.3.1 Subnet Mask
3.4 IP  Protocol
3.4.1 Format of IP Datagram 
3.4.2 Fragmentation 
3.5 Protocol ARP 
3.5.1 ARP table ( ARP cache ) 

 Unit 4: Designing elements of a Communications’ System  Networks.

Objectives:  

 The student will be able to handle, configure and manage the different
elements that form a Computer Networks communication system such as
Hardware and Software, to guarantee its optimization and function.

 The student will be able to analyze the concepts related with the theory of
traffic, and will consider them for the design and implantation in a net, taking
special attention in control and the step of traffic. 

Contents: 

4.1. Communication Media 

 4.1.1. Wired
4.1.2. Wireless 
4.2. Principal Elements used to fix a Network
4.2.1.  NIC ´s or Network Cards
4.2.2.  Node or workstation 
4.2.3. Server
4.2.4. Patch Panel 
4.2.5. RJ45-RJ11  Connectors
4.2.6. Hub.  
4.2.7. Switch 
4.2.8. Modems
4.2.9. Bridges
4.2.10. Multicanalizer 
4.2.11. Commutators or Concentrators
4.2.12. Router
4.2.13. Repeaters 
4.2.14. Floodgates.  
4.2.15. Drivers
4.2.16. Firewall 
4.2.17. Gateway 
4.3. Transmission Physical Media
4.3.1. Twisted pair UTP 
4.3.1.1. Wiring Structure, standardized EIA AUNT 568A – 568B
4.3.1.2.  Cable Cross Over Norm EIA AUNT 568B 
4.3.2. Coaxial cable 
4.3.3. Optical fiber 
4.3.4. Radio Frequencies 
4.3.5. Micro waves
4.3.6. Satelital Link

Unit 5: Network Operating systems

 Objective: 

  The student will be able to distinguish the types of operating systems

suitable for the installation and configuration of network and their basic
functions 

Contents: 

5.1. Operating systems network 

5.2. Novell Netware 
5.3. Windows NT Server 
5.4. Unix
 5.5.  Linux 
5.5.1. Structure of System Dictionaries 
5.5.2. In-line important commands used in Redes 
5.5.3. Mode of Synchronic and Asynchronic Transference 
5.5.4. Internet 
5.5.5. Architectures Turned On vs. Closed Architectures 

Unit 6: Network design Objective 

Objectives: 

 Student will be able to handle and configure the different types of local area
networks according to its purpose of implementation. 

 Student will be able to identify methods and controlled the function of a

protocol link in a network.

Contents:  

6.1 Multipoint Networks

6.2  Characteristics 
6.3 Local processing 
6.4 Distributed nets 
6.5 Centralized nets 
6.6 Remote nets 
6.7 Connection of Local and Remote Nets
6.8 Data transfer 

VI. EVALUATION CRITERIA

The Evaluation System according to the bylaws of the BICU stated that the
professor should apply at least 2 written or oral quizzes, in which the student will
accumulate the 60% of their grades, and 2 partial exams in each semester, where
the students will accumulate the other 40% of their grades. The exam also should
be written.

The sum of the two partial divided into 2 will gives the final grades of the student for
each semester. The minimum grade to approve is 60.
The students who had finish their course with a final grades of 40 points in each
partial, will have the right to appeal to the special exams, on the contrary they will be
considered as failed in the subject.

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Complemenary: 

Bellamy,J. “Digital Telphony”, Ed. John Wliney & sons. 

Carlson,A.B. “Communication System”, Ed. McGraw Hill. 

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VIII. PROFILE OF THE TEACHER

Academical:

The requirement that the teacher of Computer Network should have are the
following:

 A licence degree in computing, Computer Systems, Systems Engineer and

or Telecommunications.
 Dominate both English and Spanish languages

 Capable of using the internet tools and other computer software packages.

Profesional:

 Demonstrate vocational experience in your area, for at least two years.  

 Have teaching experience in the area of science and computing or
information system and telecommunications.

 Demonstrate interest to maintain update in themes related to the subject.

IX. AUTHOR RELATION

Elaborated by:

Ing. José A. Luna Bello 

Professor of the Computing Science School BICU

Translated by:

Lic. Jacqueline Kerr Taylor

X. VALIDITY:
 2007-2011
XI. APPROVED BY:

Lic. Jacqueline Kerr 

           Director of the Computer Science School of the BICU.