Communications Networks I

- Students understand how the modern communications networks have evolved and how the architecture has changed through the recent paradigm shift towards software-centric communications. - Students are able to describe the basic system architecture elements of mobile networks, and understands the significance of Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Software Defined Networking (SDN), and core network functionalities. - Students can describe the main principles of mobility management, network management and orchestration, and network security, and can apply and solve related engineering problems. - Students know the basic properties of routing algorithms, and can use graph theory to solve network routing problems. - Students are able to simulate different types of networks in simulation environments and solve basic network programming problems.

Timing Fall, period 2 Target group 1st year M.Sc. and WCE students