CIS 749: Course Outline
             Text - Data and Computer Communications, 7th ed.
                     by - W. Stallings (Prentice-Hall)

Lectures 1 & 2:
      Introduction to Computer Networks and Protocols: Types of Networks; Topological
      Structures; Protocol Concepts; The OSI Model; The TCP/IP Protocol Architecture.
      H.W. - Chapters 1, 2 & 10:

Lectures 3 & 4:
      Data Link Concepts: Issues & Requirements; Flow Control Methods; Error Control
      Methods. Data Link Protocols: HDLC; SDLC; LAPB; LAPD; LAPF; SLIP; PPP.
      H.W. - Chapter 7:

Lecture 5:
      Network Layer Concepts: Design Issues and Requirements; Virtual Circuit and Datagram
      Services; Network Service Definitions; Network Access Protocols: X.25.
      H.W. - Chapter 10:

Lecture 6:
      Frame Relay Networks: Frame Relay Protocol Architecture; Call Control; User Data
      Transfer; Network Function; ITU-T Reconmmendations: Q.931/Q.933, Q.921/Q.922.
      H.W. - Chapters 10 & 13:

Lecture 7:
      Local Area Networks: LAN Topologies and Transmission Media; LAN Protocol
      Standards: IEEE 802 and FDDI.
      H.W. - Chapters 15 & 16:

Midterm Examination

Lectures 8 & 9:
      Internetworking: Design Requirements; Architectural Approaches: Gateways, Routers,
      & Bridges; Bridged LANs; Network Layer Structure, Internet Protocols: IP, ICMP,
      IPv6, ICMPv6; Internet Routing Protocols: ARP, RARP, RIP, OSPF, EGP, BGP.
      H.W. - Chapters 18 & 19:

Lecture 10:
      Transport Layer Protocols: Design Requirements; Transport Layer Services; Transport
      Layer Protocols: TCP, UDP.
      H.W. - Chapter 20:

Lectures 11 & 12:
      Application Protocols: Directory Services: DNS; Remote Log-on: TELNET; File
      Transfer: FTP; Electronic Mail: SMTP, MIME, POP; Network Management: SNMPv2. 
      H.W. - Chapter 22: 

Lecture 13:
      The World Wide Web: Uniform Resource Locators (URLs); Web Browsing: HTTP,
      HTML, CGI, JAVA Applets; 
      H.W. - Chapter 22: 

Final Examination