Program:

• Internetworking concept and architectural model
• User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
• Reliable stream transport service (TCP)
• Overview of Internet Protocol (IP), connectionless datagram delivery, routing IP datagrams and operational principles of routers, error and control messages (ICMP), subnet and supernet address extensions
• Data link control layer and LAN technologies: Ethernet protocol, high-speed Ethernet like LANs, Gigabit Ethernet, bridges and switches.
• The Domain Name System (DNS)
• Internet security and firewall design

Course Materials, Laboratory Handouts and Assignments:

Supporting files and documentation can be fetched from the Internet Architecture & Protocols support site ( local access only, password required).

• F. Kurose and K. Ross Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet. (Third Edition) Addison-Wesley, 2005.

Additional References:

• R. Stevens. TCP/IP Illustrated: Volume 1: The Protocols. Addison-Wesley, 1996.
• D. E. Comer. Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume I: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture. Prentice Hall, 2000.
• L. L. Peterson and  B. Davie. Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Morgan Kaufmann, 1996 (errata).
• A. Tanenbaum. Computer Networks. Prentice Hall, 1996.
• W. Stallings. Local and Metropolitan Area Networks. Prentice Hall, 1996 (errata).
• W. Stallings. Data and Computer Communications. Prentice Hall, 1996.
• R. Perlman. Interconnections: Bridges and Routers. Addison-Wesley, 1992.
• C. Huitema. Routing in the Internet. Prentice Hall, 1995.

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