CIS 49: Computer Networks
            Text1 - Data and Computer Communications, 6th ed.
                    by - W. Stallings (Prentice-Hall)

                             Course Outline

1. Introduction
     Chapter 1:
     Chapter 10 (section 10.1): 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
     - Station Interconnection
     - Circuit Switched vs. Packet Switched Networks
     - Broadcast Networks

2. Data Transmission Fundamentals
     Chapter 3: 3.3, 3.5, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 3.14, 3.16, 3.17
     - Data, Signals, and Transmission
     - Analog vs. Digital
     - Channel Types
     - Parallel vs. Serial Transmission
     - Asynchronous vs. Synchronous Transmission
     - Time Domain Concepts
     - Frequency Domain Representation of Signals
     - Bandwidth
     - Filters
     - Transmission Impairments: Attenuation, Delay Distortion, Noise, Echo
     - Channel Capacity

3. Data Encoding
     Chapter 5: 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.11, 5.13, 5.14, 5.18, 5.19
     Chapter 8: 8.1, 8.8, 8.9, 8.12, 8.13
     - Digital Data <---> Digital Signals
     - Digital Data <---> Analog Signals
     - Modems
     - Analog Data <---> Digital Signals
     - Speech Encoding: PCM, ADPCM
     - Analog Data <---> Analog Signals
     - Muliplexing: FDM & TDM
     - ADSL Lines

4. Protocols
     Chapter 2: 2.4, 2.6, 2.7
     - Protocol Concepts & Functions
     - The OSI Reference Model
     - The TCP/IP Protocol Architecture
     - Protocol Implementation
     - An Example Protocol

5. Data Link Control
     Chapter 7: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.16, 7.17, 7.20
     - Data Link Concepts
     - Charater Oriented vs. Bit Oriented Frames
     - Flow Control: Stop-and-Wait, Go-back-N
     - Error Control: Stop-and-Wait ARQ, Go-Back-N ARQ, Selective Repeat ARQ
     - Example Data Link Protocols: HDLC, SDLC, LAPB, LAPD, LAPF, LLC

6. Local Area Networks
     Chapter 13: 13.1, 13.3, 13.4, 13.8
     Chapter 14: 14.2, 14.4
     - LAN Topologies: Bus, Ring, Star
     - LAN Transmission Media: Twisted Pair, Coaxial Cable, Fiber Optic Cable
     - LAN Protocol Architecture: The IEEE 802 Architecture
     - The Logical Link Control (LLC)
     - Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocols: CSMA/CD, Token Passing
     - High Speed LANs: 100Base-T, 100VG-AnyLAN, FDDI, Gigabit Lans

7. The Network Layer
     Chapter 10: 10.23, 10.24, 10.26
     - Virtual Circuit vs. Datagram Service
     - Network Access Protocols: X.25

8. Internetworking
     Chapter 15: 15.1, 15.3, 15.6, 15.9, 15.12
     Chapter 16 (section 16.1): 16.1
     - Requirements
     - Approaches: Gateways, Routers, and Bridges
     - LAN Interconnection: Bridges
     - Internet Protocols: IP, ICMP
     - IPv6, ICMPv6
     - Internet Routing: ARP, RIP, OSPF, EGP, BGP

9. Transport Protocols
     Chapter 17: 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 17.6, 17.9, 17.12
     - Transport Layer Issues
     - The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
     - The User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

10. TCP/IP Application Protocols
     Chapter 19:
     - The Client-Server Paradigm
     - Directory Services: DNS
     - Remote Login: TELNET
     - File Transfer: FTP
     - Electronic Mail: SMTP, MIME, POP

11. Web Browsers:
     Chapter 19:
     - Universal Resource Locators (URLs)
     - Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
     - Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
     - Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
     - Active Web Pages: Java Technology & Java Applets