A Graduate Degree Program with Unlimited Opportunities – MINT
MINT 708 Course Description Winter 2008
MINT 708 Internet Laboratory
Calendar Description:
*3 (fi 6) (variable,36 hours) Demonstration of network principles. Practical aspects of network design and implementations. Offered jointed by the Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering and the Department of Computing Science.
General Information:
Term: Winter 2008
Date: April 14 – 25
Day & Time: Monday – Friday 0900-1700
Location: ECERF W5-087
Overview:
This course follows and build on the four core courses of the MINT program. Students will work in small groups in the MINT lab solving problems in addressing, routing, NAT, VoIP and IP multicast.
Objectives:
This course will acquaint the student with the practical aspects of using and configuring network devices (routers, switches and hosts), both in terms of physical cabling and setup, and in terms of logical configuration from the console. By the end of the course the students should be comfortable commissioning and configuring small networks and services on their own, debugging problems with these networks, and assessing and reporting the performance of applications using these networks.
Course Topics:
- IPv4 addressing, routing and switching
- network address translation (NAT)
- access control lists
- voice-over-IP (VoIP), jitter measurements and quality of service techniques
- IP multicast, IGMP, CGMP and PIM
Course Work and Evaluation:
The course work will consist of a series of laboratory exercises for which one report per team will be submitted for evaluation. For each lab there is a pre-lab exercise which must be completed, and answers to the associated questions submitted, before work on the main lab can be started. A series of preparatory readings will be distributed before the start of the class.
Course Material:
- Distributed on CD two to three weeks before the start of the course.
Academic Integrity:
The University of Alberta is committed to the highest standards of academic integrity and honesty. Students are expected to be familiar with these standards regarding academic honesty and to uphold the policies of the University in this respect. Students are particularly urged to familiarize themselves with the provisions of the Code of Student Behaviour (online at www.ualberta.ca/secretariat/appeals.htm) and avoid any behaviour which could potentially result in suspicions of cheating, plagiarism, misrepresentation of facts and/or participation in an offence. Academic dishonesty is a serious offence and can result in suspension or expulsion from the University. (GFC 29 SEP 2003)
Collaboration:
While you may discuss your individual coursework with other students, the work claimed and submitted in your name must be your own. That said, there are assignment and project-specific policies on how much source code from publicly available sources may be borrowed. Always give proper credit to the original developers in your source code and documentation. Ask permission beforehand if you intend to recycle your work from another course in this course.
University Policies:
The University of Alberta policies include, but are not limited to, the following:
- (Section 23.4(2) of the University Calendar)
- (Section 23.5 of the University Calendar)
- (Section 30 of the GFC Policy Manual)
- Regulations listed in the GFC Policy Manual and the University Calendar will be used in resolving any discrepancies.
