Overview

Physical Layer

1. Analog and Digital

2. Analog Signals

3. Digital Signals

4. Analog Vs. Digital

5. Data Rate Limits

6. Transmission Impairment

7. More about Signals

Digital Transmission

1. Line Encoding

2. Block Encoding

3. Sampling

4. Transmission Mode

Analog Transmission

1. Modulation of Digital Data

2. Telephone Modems

3. Modulation of Analog Signals

Multiplexing

1. FDM 150

2. WDM 155

3. TDM 157

Transmission Media

1. Guided Media

2. Unguided Media

Switching and Telephone Network

1. Circuit Switching

2. Telephone Network

Data Link Layer

Error Detection and Correction

1. Types of Errors

2. Detection

3. Error Correction

Data Link Controls and Protocols

1. Flow and Error Control

2. Stop and Wait ARQ

3. Go-back

4. N ARQ

5. Selective Repeat ARQ

6. HDLC

Point-to-Point Access: PPP

Point-to-Point Protocol, PPP Stack

Multiple Accesses

1. Random Access

2. Controlled Access

3. Channelization.

Local Area Network: Ethernet

1. Traditional Ethernet

2. Fast Ethernet

3. Gigabit Ethernet.

Wireless LANs

1. IEEE 802.11

2. Bluetooth virtual circuits

3. Frame Relay

4. ATM.

Network Layer: Host to Host Delivery

1. Internetworking

2. Addressing and Routing

Network Layer Protocols

1. ARP

2. IPVA

3. ICMP

4. IPv6

5. ICMPv6

Transport Layer: Process-to-Process Delivery

1. UDP

2. TCP Congestion Control

3. Quality of Service

Application Layer

1. Client Server Model

2. Socket Interface

3. Domain Name System (DNS)

4. Electronic Mail (SMTP)

5. FTP

6. HTTP

7. WWW

Security

1. Cryptography

2. Message Security

3. User Authentication