Guia docente 2023_24 Centro Universitario da Defensa da Escola Naval Militar de Marín

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Introduction, protocols and layers.	Introduction and motivation. Basic network concepts. Reference models. Standardisation bodies. History of the Internet.
Physical and link layers.	Introduction to the physical layer. Transmission media. Limit capacity of communication channels. Introduction to the link layer. Frame delimitation. Introduction to transmission errors. Detection and correction of errors.
Retransmission, multiple access and switching.	Retransmission. Random multiple access. Multiple access without contention. Switched Local Area Networks (LAN). Virtual LAN.
Packet forwarding and network connection.	Introduction to the network layer. IP protocol (v4 and v6). ARP protocol Packet fragmentation ICMP protocol Network Address Translation (NAT).
Routing.	Introduction to routing. Dijkstra's algorithm. Routing algorithms in networks. Hierarchical routing. Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
Transport layer. Reliable transport.	Introduction to the transport layer. Connectionless protocols: User Datagram Protocol (UDP). Connection-oriented protocols: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). - Connection establishment and release. - Reliability mechanisms. - Flow control. - Congestion control.
Quality of service.	Introduction to quality of service. Multimedia data transmission over best effort networks. Content distribution networks. Differentiated services.
Application layer.	Introduction to the application layer. Domain Name System (DNS). Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
Cyberdefense and cybersecurity.	Introduction to security in computer networks. Ethical-social aspects of network security. Cybersecurity risk management. Confidentiality of messages. Authenticity and integrity of messages. Security protocols: WPA, IPsec, TLS. Security software tools.
Networked information systems.	Architecture and components of an information system. Big data and cloud computing. Intelligent Systems.
Information and command and control systems in the Navy.	Intranet overview. Command and control systems. NATO Secret WAN. Naval command system. SIJE. Future of information systems. SIM.