Introduction to computer networks: protocol layers, network performance Metrics-Delay, loss, throughput, jitter; circuit and packet switching; application layer: protocol overview of HTTP, FTP, SMTP, DNS, SNMP, P2P, client server and hybrid applications of the Internet; transport layer: protocol overview of TCP and UDP, principles of reliable data transfer, flow control, congestion control, TCP Reno, TCP Tahoe, socket programming; network layer: overview of IPv4 and IPv6, IP addressing, components of a router, routing and forwarding functions of a router, routing algorithms: link state and distance vector, OSPF and BGP; wireless networks: definition and types of wireless networks, MAC and routing in wireless networks, mobility and mobile IPv6.
