ECE 5595 Computer Network Architecture

INTRODUCTION

Uses of Computer Networks

Network Hardware

Network Software

Reference Models

            The OSI Reference Model

            The TCP/IP Reference Model

Example Networks

            The Internet

ATM

                Network Standardization     

THE PHYSICAL LAYER

The Theoretical Basis for Data Communication

Guided Transmission Media

Wireless Transmission

Communication Satellites

The Public Switched Telephone System

DSL

The Mobile Telephone System

Cable Television

THE DATA LINK LAYER

            Data Link Layer Design Issues

            Error Detection and Correction

            Elementary Data Link Protocols

            Sliding Window Protocols

            Protocol Verification

            Example of Data Link Layer Protocols

THE MEDIUM ACCESS SUBLAYER

            The Channel Allocation Problem

            Multiple Access Protocols

            Ethernet

Wireless LANs

Broadband Wireless

Bluetooth

            Data link Layer Switching

THE NETWORK LAYER

            Routing Algorithms

            Quality of Service

THE TRANSPORT LAYER

            The Internet Transport protocols (TCP and UDP)

            VoIP

THE APPLICATION LAYER

            DNS—Domain Name System

            The World Wide Web

            Network security

TEXTBOOK:

Andrew S. Tanenbaum, "Computer Networks", Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall 2003 (ISBN 0-13-066102-3).

REFERENCES:

Cisco Systems, “CCNP Cisco Networking Academy Program: Multilayer Switching Companion Guide,” Cisco Press, 2003 (ISBN 1-58713-033-5).

J. F. Kurose and K. W. Ross, “Computer Networking A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet,” Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 2003 (ISBN 0-201-97699-4).

K. Pahlavan and P. Krishnamurthy, “Principles of Wireless Networks,” Prentice Hall, 2002 (ISBN 0-13-093003-2).

William Stallings, “Wireless Communications and Networks,” Prentice Hall, 2002 (ISBN 0-13-040864-6).

C.K. Toh, “Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks,” Prentice Hall, 2002 (ISBN 0-13-007817-4).

Ata Elahi, Network Communications Technology," Delmar Thomson Learning, 2001 (ISBN 07668-1388-6).

John W. Stewart III, "BGP4 Inter-Domain Routing in the Internet," Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1999.

B.A. Forouzan, C. Coombs and S. C. Fegan, "Data Communications and Networking," Third Edition, McGraw Hill, 2004.