INDL C4601 - Industrial Networks for Robotics

Module Title:Industrial Networks for Robotics
Language of Instruction:English
Credits: 5
NFQ Level:8
Module Delivered In 1 programme(s)
Teaching & Learning Strategies: To validate the skills required to installation, configuration, and operationalise a medium-size routed and switched network
Module Aim: A combination of lectures, class discussions, tutorials, practical’s and demonstrations will be used. Particular emphasis will be placed on active learning including problem/project-based learning.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner should be able to:
LO1 Dissect, the Ethernet frame, construct network frames, packets and segments and observe their operation in detail on the wire.
LO2 Apply IPv6 addressing plans to networks using OSPFv3 and MP-BGP routing protocols and compare and classify IPv6 transition mechanisms.
LO3 Classify and discriminate on the role of mobile generation technologies as communications platforms to IIoT and Robotic devices.
LO4 Catogorise and contrast the particular protocols used for communication within Industrial Networks.
LO5 Identify how Software Defined Networks provides a programmable interface to simplify network automation tasks.
Pre-requisite learning
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Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed.
A level 7 Computer Networks module
 

Module Content & Assessment

Indicative Content
1. Ethernet Deepdive
Ethernet Introduction, Medium Access, Ethernet Physical Layer, Data Link Layer, MAC & LLC Sublayers, Ethernet frame analysis.
2. Networks deep dive
Build Ethernet frames, Build IP packets, TCP/UDP Segments, Build Application payload data, Send packets, Extract packets, Analyse packets, Simple python scripts using scapy.
3. Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
The structure of an IPv6 frame and address types, IPv6 prefix terminology, Configuration of IPv6 on a computer, Configuration of IPv6 in a Cisco Ethernet switch, Configuration of basic IPv6 in a Cisco Router, Basic IPv6 network testing procedures, IPv6 Address planning, IPv6 Multicast address, Applications for IPv6, IPv6 ND and SLAAC, IPv6 Address Resolution and redirection, Configuration static routes on IPv6 on Cisco devices, IPv6 best practice – inter-router links, IPv6 routing, OSPFv3, MP-BGP, Tunnelling transition mechanisms; 6in4 Tunnelling, Tunnel Broker, IPv6 Rapid Deployment (6rd)' Dual Stack Lite (DSlite), Lightweight 4o6 tunnel (lw4o6)' Transition mechanisms; NAT64, XLAT / 464LAT.
5. Mobile Technologies
Mobile communications evolution, Long Term Evolution (LTE), New Radio (NR), massive MIMO, Beamforming, mmWave, Next Generation RAN (NG-RAN), Non Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA), Successive Interference Cancellation (SIC), Superposition Coding (SC), Terahertz (THz) waves for 6G. Tactile networks.
6. Industrial Protocols
Categorise communications technologies used in Industrial Control Systems (e.g. Distributed Network Protocol 3 (DNP3), BACnet, Modbus, Modbus TCP, Profibus, DeviceNet, CANbus, Zigbee, Profinet).
7. SDN and network programmability
Data, Control, and Management Planes, SDN Controllers, North-Bound Interface (NBI), South-Bound Interface (SBI), OpenFlow, Mininet, RESTful APIs. Remote access python examples.
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment25.00%
Practical15.00%
End of Module Formal Examination60.00%
Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Assessment Description Outcome addressed % of total Assessment Date
Case Studies n/a 1,3,4,5 25.00 n/a
No Project
Practical
Assessment Type Assessment Description Outcome addressed % of total Assessment Date
Practical/Skills Evaluation n/a 1,2,5 15.00 n/a
End of Module Formal Examination
Assessment Type Assessment Description Outcome addressed % of total Assessment Date
Formal Exam n/a 1,3,4,5 60.00 End-of-Semester

SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload
Lab/Lecture Every Week 3.00
Independent Learning Every Week 5.00
Practicals Every Week 2.00
Total Hours 10.00
 

Module Delivered In

Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CW_EEROB_B Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Robotics and Automated Systems 7 Mandatory