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Course Outline
Main Topics
The numbers in brackets refer to the section numbers of the textbook.
0.0.1 Network Basics and Examples
- Introduction to Networks: Telegraph and Telephone (1.1)
- Introduction to Networks: Internet (1.1, 2.1, 7.1, 7.2)
- Basic Network Classification (1.1, 7.1, 7.2 + details scattered throughout the textbook)
- Basic Network Performance Quantification (1.1 + some example calculations scattered throughout the textbook)
- Protocols, Services, Layering (2.1, 5.1, 8.5.2)
- OSI Reference Model (2.2)
- TCP/IP Overview (2.3)
0.0.2 Communication at the Physical Layer
- Digitization (3.1, 3.3)
- Baseband Digital Communication (3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6)
- Passband Digital Communication (3.7)
- Physical Media (3.8)
- Error Detection and Correction (3.9)
0.0.3 Communication at the Data Link Layer
- ARQ & Reliable Data Transfer (5.2)
- Flow Control (5.3)
- Framing (5.4)
0.0.4 Local Area Networks
- Medium Access Communications (6.1, 6.2)
- Ethernet (6.6, 6.7)
- WiFi (6.10)
- LAN Bridges and Ethernet Switches [tentative] (6.11)
0.0.5 Packet Switching Networks and Internetworking
- Routing Mechanics (7.4, 7.5)
- Internet Structure and Addressing (8.2.2, 8.2.3)
- Internet Routing and Controls (8.2.4, 8.2.5, 8.2.6, 8.2.9)
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