Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2502441 Computer Engineering | OB | 2 | 2 |
There are no prerequisites. However, students should be familiar with the most basic concepts of Operating Systems. It is also recommended for students to have taken the courses on basic programming.
This is the second course of the subject "Operating Systems and Computer Networks", where the concepts about the operation of TCP/IP based networks (and Internet in particular) are shown, both from the point of view of the network interconnection and from the perspective of the relationship between end computers and applications providing services to users.
The formative objectives of the course are, on the one hand, that students get a general vision of the concepts related to computer networks and with the interconnection of heterogeneous networks; that they thoughfully know the issues and protocols related with the joint operation of heterogeneous systems over a set of interconnected networks and the main distributed application in these systems, with a notion of their development. On the other hand, students have to be able to design extensible and robust internet networks, to configure connections to internet networks, and to detect and solve network problems due to missconfigurations or protocol attacks.
Unit 1. Introduction
Unit 2. Netork interconnection protocols
Unit 3. End-to-end protocols
Unit 4. Apploication protocols
Unit 5. Advanced protocols for network interconnections
These activities will be carried out during the course:
There will no be differentiated treatment for students who repeat the subject.
The UAB virtual platform (Campus Virtual, https://cv.uab.cat/ ) will be used for communication between teachers and students, and between students. It will be also used to deliver activities and accessing working documents of the course.
Transverse competences worked in this course are T02.01 Autonomous work, and T02.03 Time and available resource management. Working in an organised way. These competences are worked in different parts of the course, such in the resolution of problems, or in the laboratory sessions.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Laboratory sessions | 12 | 0.48 | 4, 5, 7, 2, 3, 9, 11 |
Problem resolution sessions | 12 | 0.48 | 1, 8, 4, 6, 3, 10 |
Theory classes | 26 | 1.04 | 1, 8, 4, 6, 3, 10 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Supervised activities proposed in class | 8 | 0.32 | 1, 8, 4, 6, 10 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Course problems writing | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 8, 10, 9, 11 |
Preparation and autonomous work for the laboratory sessions | 24 | 0.96 | 4, 5, 7, 2, 3, 9, 11 |
Study and preparation for the assessment tests | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7, 3, 10, 9, 11 |
Assessment criteria
The assesment of the course is continuous and formative, using a number of learning evidences generated by students along the course.
Activities and instruments for the assessment:
Class activities
These activities are carried out during the classe, without any regularity. Because they are face-to-face activities, these activities are not compulsory (they do not need to be done to pass the subject, although they are part of the assessment). Examples of these activities can be: a commentary on a short documentary passed in class, the description of a theatrical activity done in class, some test questions about the theory session or newly created problems, analyze the functioning of the classroom, a protocol for the exchange of routing information, etc.
Mid-term control and final validation examinations of knowledge
The mid-term control is an individual written test that aims to validate if each student has achieved the minimum knowledge of the subject worked up to that moment. It does not eliminate matter for the final exam nor a minimal note for this control. The final examinations of validation of knowledge and practices are individual written tests that aim to validate if each student has achieved in a minimum way the global knowledge and the abilities of the subject. These exams are motivated by the high importance given to the successful achievement of the knowledge and skills of the subjects in the engineering environment where the degree is framed. The final examination of knowledge validation is mandatory for all students.
Practical case
There will be a small test in which the student will solve individually a practical case, applying the competences acquired until half of the course, approximately. In this exercise, it is valid as the student has integrated what he has learned in order to solve a plausible case that could be found, for example, in their professional future.
Laboratory projects
The practical lab projects consist in the accomplishment of a series of projects with which they try to obtain knowledge and abilities related to the subject. It is equally important to have worked in all the development of the practice, such as having understood and learned the knowledge that is derived from it. The specific details on the organization of the labs (projects, groups, calendar, weighting ...) and on their follow-up (reports, assistance requirements, code of originality policy ...) can be downloaded from Virtual Campus Attendance at practice sessions (closed laboratory) is mandatory. To be evaluated it will be essential to have assisted at least 80% of the laboratory sessions.
Indicators that will be used to qualify the learning achieved
In the problems and supervised work the indicators that we will use will be the individual record in the work, the cooperation between the members of each team, the quality of the work done and the degree of participation in the set of evidences. Quality indicators are the correct use of the technical terms, the correct wording of the paragraphs, and the good structure of the contents delivered. We will also value the certainty in the work. We will value that the resolutions of the problems are well argued and corrected if applicable. In class activities, we will value the participation of the students and the reports or documents delivered. In the practical part we will use as indicators the preparation (previous reports) and active participation in the sessions of practices and in the session of evaluation and the quality in the elaboration of the reports of complete development. In the control and in the final examinations of validation of knowledge and validation of practices the main indication will be the degree of correction of the answers to the questions raised.
Remarks about copying, plagiarism and cheating
Notwithstanding other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with the academic regulations in force, assessment activities will receive a zero (0) whenever a student commits academic irregularities that may alter such assessment. Assessment activities graded in this way and by this procedure will notbe re-assessable. If passing the assessment activuty or activities in question is required to pass the subject, the awarding of a zero (0) for disciplinary measures will also entail a direct fail for the subject, with no opportunity to re-assess this in the same acadeimc year. Irregularities contemplated in this procedure include, among others:
When a student is involved in any evaluation irregularity, the final mark of the course will be the lowest value considering 3.0 and the weighted average of the grades (and no compensation is thus possible).
Final grade
The final grade of the subject, which includes assessment of the acquisition of knowledge, skills and competencies, will be the averageofthe assessment parts weighted in this way:
If the student do not pass the subject due to the fact that none of the assessment activities do not reach the minimum grade required, the numerical grade of the file will be the lowest value between 4.0 and the weighted average of the grades. With the exceptions that the "non-evaluable" qualification will be awarded to students who do not participate in any of the assessment activities, and that the numerical grade of the file will be the lowest value between 3.0 and the weighted average of the grades in case the student has committed irregularities in an evaluation act (and therefore not approved for compensation).
The granting of honors will be made taking into account the active participation in the development of the subject, for example collaborating in the resolution of problems in the forum of the subject, the obtaining of non-evaluable merits indicated during the course, the final grade of the subject, and the mark of the final proof of knowledge.
Evaluation schedule
Constantly: class activity and practices in the laboratory, with the corresponding reports.
After practical projects: evaluation session.
Mid-term knowledge control and practical validation.
At the end: validation exams of knowledge.
The evaluation dates will be published on the Campus Virtual and may be subject to changes of programming for reasons of adaptationtopossible incidents. The Virtual Campus will always be informed about these changes as it is understood to be the usual mechanism for exchanging information between the teacher and students.
A resit of the final validation exam of knowledge is expected for those students who do not pass it on the first opportunity. It is also planned to make a second assessment of the lab projects for those students who have not delivered them at due time, although have been working on them during the term.
It is not possible to re-assess the class activities, nor the mid-term control, nor the practical case, because they are parts of the assessment that can not be failed (no minimum mark is required) and because they are part of the Continuous assessment (they do not make sense outside of the temporary context in which they are performed).
Students repeating the course
There will be no automatic re-use of previous. Validations must be requested explicitly following the procedure that will be indicated on the first day of class.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Class activities | 10%. No minimum mark is required for this part | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 8, 6, 7, 10, 9 |
Final validation test | 35%. The minimum grade required by this part is 5 out of 10 | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 8, 4, 6, 10, 9, 11 |
Mid-term control | 15%. No minimum mark is required for this part | 0.5 | 0.02 | 1, 8, 6, 9, 11 |
Practical case | 5%. No minimum mark is required for this part | 0.5 | 0.02 | 1, 8, 6, 9, 11 |
Practical laboratory session follow up, with the possibility of undertaking a validation test | 35%. The minimum mark required by this part is 5 out of 10 | 3 | 0.12 | 5, 2, 3, 9, 11 |
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