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Communication Networks and Services
Engineering & Social Sciences Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: mid Jan 2026 - early Jun 2026
Communication Networks and Services
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Computer Engineering
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 13847
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 200
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: Access Networks and Shared Media
DESCRIPTION
This is a course on communications through the Internet where basic technologies to interconnect different computers are studied.
The programme is divided in three parts:
FIRST PART: Introduction to computer networks and Internet.
I.1 Network concept and types.
I.2 Internet structure.
SECOND PART: Network layer
II.1 Basic network layer concepts.
II.2 IP introduction: IP header, fragmentation, ICMP.
II.3 IP addressing: IP network design, IP address management, DHCP, NAT.
II.4 IP over Ethernet, ARP.
II.5 Introduction to IPv6: header format, addressing, Neighbor Discovery.
II.6 Network routing: distance vector protocols, links state protocols. Dijkstra and Bellman-Ford algorithms.
II.7: An Internet routing protocol: RIP.
THIRD PART: Transport layer
III.1 Basic transport layer concepts.
III.2 UDP.
III.3 TCP: segment structure, connection management, congestion control.
The programme is divided in three parts:
FIRST PART: Introduction to computer networks and Internet.
I.1 Network concept and types.
I.2 Internet structure.
SECOND PART: Network layer
II.1 Basic network layer concepts.
II.2 IP introduction: IP header, fragmentation, ICMP.
II.3 IP addressing: IP network design, IP address management, DHCP, NAT.
II.4 IP over Ethernet, ARP.
II.5 Introduction to IPv6: header format, addressing, Neighbor Discovery.
II.6 Network routing: distance vector protocols, links state protocols. Dijkstra and Bellman-Ford algorithms.
II.7: An Internet routing protocol: RIP.
THIRD PART: Transport layer
III.1 Basic transport layer concepts.
III.2 UDP.
III.3 TCP: segment structure, connection management, congestion control.