Building a Network; Applications; Requirements; Network Architecture; Implementing Network software;Performance
Physically connecting hosts; Hardware building blocks; Encoding; Framing; Error detection; Reliabletransmission; Ethernet (802.3); Ring; (802.5, FDDI, 802.17); Wireless (802.15.1, 802.11, 802.16, Cell PhoneTechnologies).
Switching and forwarding; Bridges and LAN Switches
Simple internetworking (IP); Routing; Global Internet
Simple demultiplexer (UDP); Reliable byte stream (TCP); Issues in resource allocation
Application-Layer overview; Domain Name System; Remote Login protocols; Electronic mail; File transferand FTP; World Wide Web and HTTP; Overview of VoIP telephony; VoIP signaling protocols.