Purdue University Calumet
School of Technology
Course Syllabus
ITS 27000 - Internetworking Technologies
Credits and Contact Hours:
3 credit hours – 2 hours lecture; 2 hours lab
Instructor’s or Course Coordinator’s Name:
G W Ray Davidson
Text Book, Title, Author and Year:
Perlman, Radia
“Interconnections: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols”
Second
Edition, 2009, Addison Wesley, ISBN 9780201634488
Gantz & Rochester
“Pirates of the digital millennium: How the intellectual property wars damage our personal freedoms, our jobs, and the world economy”
, 2005, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0131463152
Introduction to the Course:
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Brief description of the content of the course - This course covers requirements, acquisition/sourcing, integration, project management, testing and quality assurance, organizational context, architecture and other topics.
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Rational for studying the subject matter – Networking is a critical component of the IT Curriculum as specified by the ACM SIGITE Guidelines
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Prerequisites or co-requisites – ITS 17000
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Course is required.
Specific Goals to the Course:
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What students should know as a result of having taken the course, upon graduation students will be able to – Students will have a basic knowledge of data and telecommunications models, topologies, protocols, standards and architectures in use today, the application of switches, routers and cabling, and will be able to compare and contrast error detection and correction methods such as parity, CRC and
EDC.
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What students will be able to do after having taken the course – Students will be able to select appropriate routing and switching equipment and protocols for a given network application.
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Specific outcomes of instruction (ABET Criteria a, b, I, j, l, m, h, g) – Students will be able to choose the best network topology, networking, routing and switching hardware and protocols for a given application.
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ITS 27000 - Network Technologies
Course Delivery Methods (check all that apply):
X Lecture
X Laboratory
X Online
X Discussion groups
X Projects
□ Other (explain)
Factors Used to Determine the Course Grade (check all that apply):
X Quizzes
X Exams
X Homework
X Papers
X Lab Reports
X Class participation
□ How final grade is determined - combination of all factors
Brief List of Topics to be Covered:
Networking and internetworking concepts, datalink layer issues, transparent bridges, source routing bridges, hubs, switches, virtual LANs, fast Ethernet, network interface service models, connection-oriented nets, X.25,
ATM, connectionless service, network layer addresses, data packet formats, routing algorithm concepts, fast packet forwarding, specific routing protocols, WAN multicast
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