Course Outline (Tanenbaum Chapters 1-6)

• Part 1 : Introduction

• Part 2 : The Physical Layer

  • transmission, modulation, multiplexing

• Part 3 : The Data Link Layer

  • synchronization, error and flowcontrol

• Part 4 : Medium Access Control Sublayer

  • LANs, MANs, ethernet, token rings

• Part 5 : The Network Layer

  • connections, routing, congestion, IP, ATM

• Part 6 : The Transport Layer

  • addressing, connections, TCP, AAL

• Key Examples : Java, Internet, ATM

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