Communication Model
Wireless network
Fiber optic network
LANs
MANs
Wans
Circuit switched network
Packet switched network
Internetwork
Uses of computer network
Design issues for layers
Addressing Scope
Connection Identifiers
Error Control
Flow Control & Multiplexing
Routing
OSI Model
Service primitives
Example networks
Frame Relay
Ethernet
Adhoc networks
LAN generations
ATM
 Local Area Networks
LAN Protocols
Hardware used in the hosts
Various LAN standards
MAC Address
LAN systems
CSMA/CD
802.3 operation parameters
CSMA/CD parameters
IEEE 802.3: 10Mbps specification (Ethernet)
Ethernet hub and switch topologies using twisted pair cabling
10BaseT
Fast Ethernet
Giga bit Ethernet
Application of fast and gigabit Ethernet
Token Ring 802.5
Two types of token ring frames: Data/Command and Token
FDDI
Example Ring Latency and Token reinsertion
FDDI MAC Protocol
FDDI operation
Infrastructure networks
Adhoc networks
LAN bridges
A bridged LAN
Transparent bridge
Spanning tree bridge
How algorithm works
Source routing bridges
Route discovery
Mixed media bridges
VLANs
VLAN benefits
UDP
UDP
Uses of UDP
Applications of UDP
UDP & TCP
Transport Protocol TCP
TCP Header
TCP connection establishment
TCP
TCP connection management
TCP transmission policy
TCP Congestion control
TCP timer management, Round trip time RTT
TCP RTT
Wireless TCP
Performance Issues
Different performance issues in network
ATM
ISDN Overview
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
ATM Adaptation Layer