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Introduction:
Use of Computer Networks; Network
hardware; Network software; Reference models; Example
networks; Network standardization
The
Physical Layer:
The theoretical basis for data
communications; Guided transmission media; Wireless
transmission; Communication satellites; The public switched
telephone network; The mobile telephone system; Cable
television.
The Data Link Layer:
Design issues; Error detection and
correction; Elementary protocols; Sliding window protocols;
Example data link protocols.
The Medium Access Control (MAC) Sublayer :
The channel allocation problem;
Multiple access protocols; Ethernet; Wireless LANs,
Broadband Wireless; Bluetooth; Data link layer switching.
Bibliography:
" Computer Networks ", A.S. Tanenbaum & D.J. Wetherall, 5th ed, Prentice-Hall, 2011
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