Network services and internal network operation, Packet network topology, Routing in Packet networks, Shortest path routing: Bellman-Ford algorithm.
Shortest path routing (continued), Traffic management at the Packet level, Traffic management at Flow level, Traffic management at flow aggregate level.
TCP/IP architecture, The Internet Protocol, IPv6, UDP.
TCP, Internet Routing Protocols, Multicast Routing, DHCP, NAT and Mobile IP.
Application layer overview, Domain Name System (DNS), Remote Login Protocols, E-mail, File Transfer and FTP, World Wide Web and HTTP, Network management, Overview of network security, Overview of security methods, Secret-key encryption protocols, Public-key encryption protocols, Authentication, Authentication and digital signature, Firewalls.
Overview of QoS, Integrated Services QoS, Differentiated services QoS, Virtual Private Networks, MPLS,Overlay networks.
Overview of data compression, Digital voice and compression, JPEG, MPEG, Limits of compression with loss, Compression methods without loss, Overview of IP Telephony, VoIP signaling protocols, Real-Time Media Transport Protocols, Stream control Transmission Protocol(SCTP)
Overview of Wireless Ad-Hoc networks, Routing in AdHOc Networks, Routing protocols for and Security of AdHoc networks, Sensor Networks and protocol structures, Communication Energy model, Clustering protocols, Routing protocols, ZigBee technology and 802.15.4.