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Implement Fundamentals of Networking concepts
Assessment Strategies
Exam, Skill Demonstration, and/or Project
Criteria
Describe Physical Transmission Media in OSI – compare various wired and wireless methods
Compare advantages and disadvantages of wired and wireless for various applications
Describe Multiplexing (compare Time Division Multiplexing and Frequency Division Multiplexing)
Define modulation (AM, FM, QAM, ASK, FSK, PSK, OFDM)
Explain line-coding
Describe signal processing function of a modem
Describe Frequency spectra and allocation
Analyze Spectra with logic analyzer
Describe Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum and Channel allocation
Analyze Bandwidth and Data-rates in wireless communication
Analyze ISM Band and applications
Explain IEEE 802.11 in context of WiFi
Describe the ZigBee protocol (2007 and revisions)
Describe Bluetooth protocol
Setup a peer to peer network with ZigBee
Setup Multicasting with ZigBee
Describe ZigBee mesh network and highlight advantages
Describe MIT app builder for simple mobile solutions
Implement a Bluetooth Low energy system (BLE) with Mobile device as central and Arduino based BLE as peripheral
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Demonstrate Linux terminal commands for various network setup and troubleshooting
Assessment Strategies
Exam, Skill Demonstration, and/or Project
Criteria
Demonstrate terminal commands in Linux
Setup a LAN with Linux machines using star network
Describe Hubs, Switches, Gateways, Routers and other networking devices
Demonstrate networking tools in Linux
Introduce various Linux toolsets for network analysis like ethereal (wireshark), nmap and other port scanning tools
Analyze network headers and frames using Wireshark
Analyze a Ping packet from windows OS and linux (ICMP header)
Analyze MAC (Ethernet) addresses in context of Ethernet frames
Setup and Analyze TCP/IP and other network communication on a Linux network
Analyze TCP handshake while create a connection
Describe Network sockets
Describe network Ports
Setup simple TCP/IP chat server in Linux (both server and clientparts) Programming in C
Analyze the client server communication using Wireshark and other tools for IP header and TCP header
Describe Encryption and cryptography in communication
Implement Encryption in client-server communication
Describe and understand network sockets (Sessions layer of OSI)
Describe DNS servers and its function
Analyze DNS resolution of hostname and analyze UDP vs TCP transport layer differences in this context
Describe DHCP server
Explain Telnet/ SSH/ VNC and other Internet protocols
Setup Firewall in the context of Network Traffic
Setup an Apache (TCP/IP) Webserver and host a simple webpage
Compare the Webserver traffic to the various layers of the OSI model
Describe SSL certificates in the context of HTTPS
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Demonstrate practical networking and communication with embedded devices (Arduino and various stacks)
Assessment Strategies
Exam, Skill Demonstration, and/or Project
Criteria
Analyze serial communication with Arduino and various stacks
Implement UART, SPI, I2C, USB and other Serial communication protocols in context of embedded devices
Analyze serial data with logic analyzer with serial toolset
Setup and Analyze client server communication with an embedded Chat Server
Describe A/D converters (Sampling and quantization)
Compare 8-bit and 10 bit A/D converter for resolution and noise
Convert Digitized data to display Analog values
Implement a TCP/IP embedded webserver
Implement a TCP/IP embedded Chat server
Implement a TCP/IP embedded webserver
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Demonstrate competency to interface and analyze with LabView MyRiO and Ethernet based devices
Assessment Strategies
Exam, Skill Demonstration, and/or Project
Criteria
Interface Analog and Digital signals with Labview
Implement TCP/IP client server system in Labview
Use TCP/IP client server setup in Labview with windows to communicate with linux terminal program to demonstrate network protocols
Use TCP/IP client in Labview to control embedded servers run on an Arduino platform to communicate to Digital and Analog I/O
Use MyRio to demonstrate interfacing Digital I/O and Analog I/O and A/D conversion and serial communication
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Demonstrate wireless networking (WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigbee)
Assessment Strategies
Exam, Skill Demonstration, and/or Project
Criteria
Describe Physical Transmission Media in OSI
Compare various wired and wireless methods
Describe advantages and disadvantages of wired and wireless for various applications
Describe Multiplexing (compare Time Division Multiplexing and Frequency Division Multiplexing)
Define modulation (AM, FM, QAM, ASK, FSK, PSK, OFDM)
Describe line-coding
Describe signal processing function of a modem
Explain Frequency spectra and allocation
Analyze Spectra with logic analyzer
Explain Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum and Channel Allocation
Analyze Bandwidth and Data-rates in wireless communication
Analyze ISM Band and applications
Describe IEEE 802.11 in context of WiFi
Describe the ZigBee protocol (2007 and revisions)
Describe Bluetooth protocol
Setup a peer to peer network with ZigBee
Setup Multicasting with ZigBee
Explain ZigBee mesh network and highlight advantages
Describe MIT app builder for simple mobile solutions
Implement a Bluetooth Low energy system (BLE) with Mobile device as central and Arduino based BLE as peripheral