Table of Contents

1. Computer Networks and the Internet.
What is the Internet?The Network Edge.Case History: Search for Extraterrestrial Life.The Network Core.Network Access and Physical MediaISPs and Internet Backbones.Delay and Loss in Packet-Switched Networks.Protocol Layers and Their Service Models.History of Computer Networking and the Internet.

2. Application Layer.
Principles of Application Layer Protocols.The Web and HTTP.File Transfer:FTP.Electronic Mail in the Internet.DNS-The Internet's Directory Service.Socket Programming with TCP.Socket Programming with UDP.Building a Simple Web Server.Content Distribution.

3. Transport Layer.
Introduction and Transport-Layer Services.Multiplexing and Demultiplexing.Connectionless Transport: UDP.Principles of Reliable Data Transfer.Connection-Oriented Transport: TCP.Principles of Congestion Control.TCP Congestion Control.

4. Networking Layer & Routing.
Introduction and Network Service Model.Routing Principles.Hierarchical Routing.The Internet Protocol.Routing and the Internet.What's Inside a Router.IPv6.Multicast Routing.Mobility and the Network Layer.

5. Link Layer.
Data Link Layer: Introduction and Services.Error Detection and Correction Techniques.Multiple Access Protocols.LAN Addresses and ARP.Ethernet.Hubs, Bridges and Switches.Wireless Links.PPP: The Point-to-Point Protocol.Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM).Frame Relay.

6. Wireless & Mobility.
Introduction to Wireless and Mobility.Wi-fi.Mobility Principles.Cellular Telephony.Mobile IP.Ad hoc Networks.

Moving Beyond the Link Layer-An Interlude.

7. Multimedia.
Multimedia Networking Applications.Streaming Stored Audio and Video.Making the Best of the Best-Effort Service: An INternet Phone Example.Protocols for Real-Time Interactive Applications.Beyond Best-Effort.Scheduling and Policing Mechanisms.Integrated Services.RSVP.Differentiated Services.

8. Security.
What is Network Security?Principles of Cryptography.Authentication.Integrity.Key Distribution and Certification.Access Control: Firewalls.Attacks and Countermeasures.Security in Many Layers: Case Studies.

9. Network Management.
What is Network Management?The Infrastructure for Network Management.The Internet Network-Management Framework.ASN.1.

Appendix.


Lab: Building a Multi-Thread Web Server in Java.


Lab: Building a Mail User Agent in Java.


Lab: Implementing a Distributed, Asynchronous Distance Vector Routing.


Lab: Video Streaming Using RTP and RTSP.


RTP and RTSP.