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Data Communication Networks

Graduate · Historical course

Fall 2002

Topics

  • Introduction, OSI 7-Layer Architecture
  • Data Link Layers, Framing, Error Detection
  • Retransmission Algorithms
  • Queueing Models - Introduction & Little’s Theorem
  • M/M/1, M/M/m, Queues etc.
  • Networks of Queues
  • M/G/1 Queues
  • M/G/1 Queue Occupancy Distribution
  • M/G/1 w/ Vacations, Reservations, Priority Queues
  • Stability of Queueing Systems
  • Multiple Access & Aloha
  • Stabilized Aloha, Tree Algorithms
  • CSMA, CSMA/CD and Ethernet
  • High-Speed LANs, Token Rings, Satellite Reservations
  • Introduction to Switch Architecture
  • High Speed Switch Scheduling
  • Broadcast Routing & Spanning Trees
  • Shortest Path Routing
  • Distributed Routing Algorithms, Optimal Routing
  • Flow Control - Window/Credit Schemes
  • Flow Control - Rate Based Schemes
  • Transport Layer and TCP/IP
  • ATM Networks
  • Special Topic: Optical Networks, Wireless Networks

Readings

  • Bertsekas, Dimitri, and Robert Gallager. Data Networks (2nd Edition) . Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991. ISBN: 0132009161.
    Listed reading
  • Peterson and Davie. Computer Networks (2nd Edition) . San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1999. ISBN: 1558605142 .
    Listed reading
  • Walrand and Varaiya. High Performance Communication Networks . San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1996. ISBN: 1558603417.
    Listed reading
  • Tanenbaum, A. S. Computer Networks . 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 2003. ISBN: 0130661023.
    Listed reading
  • Stevens. TCP/IP Illustrated . Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1994-c1996. ISBN: 0201633469.
    Listed reading
  • Kleinrock, Leonard. Queueing Systems, Vol 1: Theory . New York, NY: Wiley J., 1975. ISBN: 0471491101.
    Listed reading
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