Telecommunication laboratories (3 cr)

Evaluation scale

Passed/failed

Objective

Upon completion of the course, students will be competent in to build a local network and to measure the properties of the network, e.g. how well the cabling works. They will be competent in using the devices needed in local networks and in performing the duties associated with maintenance, such as monitoring network communications and troubleshooting of the ntwork and devices.

Content

Practical exercises in the laboratory
- Local Area Network
- Network monitoring
- Router
- Network management software
- Wireless Local Area Network

Materials

Instruction manuals for the laboratory's network and calibration devices, and guidance materials found from internet

Teaching methods

Presentation of exercises and teaching, laboratory exercises

Student workload

Total work load of course 60 h
- of which scheduled studies: 32 h
- of which autonomous studies: 28 h

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Returned report of every exercise

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Approved: all course work has been done and reports are returned to the teacher.

Rejected: Work has not been made, and no reports have been returned to the teacher

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Approved: All the course work has been done and reports are returned to the teacher. The reports must show that the student has understood the laboratory work he has done and e.g. the questions in the work instructions have been answered correctly.

Rejected: Work has not been made, and no reports have been returned to the teacher or the content of the returned work does not correspond to the competency goals of the approved work.

Qualifications

No previous studies are required.