Objectives

Familiarization with fundamental topics with respet to data communications and computer networking, with a focus on the internet.

Content

• Data and computer communication fundamentals
• Protocols and local and wide area networks
• Open systems such as the Internet
• TCP/IP protocol suite
• Application Layer and protocols
• Transport Layer
• Network Layer and routing
• Link Layer
• Introduction to network and protocol performance evaluation

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• CS 420: High-Speed Multimedia and Multiservice Networks
• CS 606: Computer Networks and the Internet
• CS 657: Wireless Networks