Communications in automation

Higher education teachers: Kovačič Stanislav
Collaborators: Perš Janez

Subject description

Prerequisits:

• A passing grade of laboratory work is a prerequisite for the exam.

Content (Syllabus outline):

• Basic communication system concepts. Network layering. Network architecture.
• Reference model, ISO/OSI, TCP/IP.
• Fundamentals of transmission of information and coding.
• Transmission media.
• Communication protocols, services, and standards.
• Application layer protocols and services, HTTP, SMTP, FTP, DNS, sockets.
• Transport layer protocols and services, TCP, UDP.
• Networks, routing, addressing.
• Network layer protocols and services, IP, ICMP, OSPF, RIP, NAT, DHCP.
• Data link layer, media access control, Ethernet, ARP.
• Distributed systems security, algorithms, protocols, services.
• Industrial communication technologies and standards. Real-time communications.
• Ubiquitous sensor networks.

Objectives and competences:

Mastering the basic concepts, technologies and applications of communication systems in automation.

Intended learning outcomes:

• To understand fundamental concepts of communication systems in automation.
• The ability to provide innovative solutions needed in industrial distributed systems.
• To be able to work in a wider field of information and communication technologies.

Learning and teaching methods:

• Lectures provide theoretical background with examples.
• Lectures are prerequisite for laboratory work. Laboratory work provides hands-on experience on the lectured topics.

Study materials

Readings:

1. J. F. Kurose, K. W. Ross, Computer Networking, 5th ed., Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2010.
2. A. S. Tanenbaum, D. J. Wetherall, Computer Networks, 5th ed., Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011.
3. R. Zurawski, The industrial communication technology handbook, Boca Raton, Taylor & Francis, 2005.
4. Študijsko gradivo izvajalcev predmeta, predloge predavanj, predloge laboratorijskih vaj.