• • Introduction to Computer Networks – History, Circuit Switching and Packet Switching

  • TCP/IP Protocol Stack – Basic Overview

  • Application Layer Services (HTTP, FTP, Email, DNS)

  • Transport Layer Primitives – Connection Establishment and Closure

  • Flow Control and Congestion Control at the Transport Layer

  • Transmission Control Protocol – Basic Features, TCP Congestion Control

  • Network Layer Primitives – IP Addressing

  • IP Routing – Intra Domain Routing Protocols, Inter Domain Routing Protocols (BGP)

  • IP Services – SNMP, ARP

  • Data Link Layer Service Primitives – Forwarding, Flow Control, Error Control

  • Media Access Control - Channel Access Protocols, Framing

  • End to End Principles of Computer Networks

References:

• Computer Networking: A Top - Down Approach, by Ames Kurose, Keith Ross 

• Computer Networks - Andrew S Tanenbaum 

• Computer Networks: A Systems Approach Book by Bruce S. Davie and Larry L. Peterson 

• TCP/IP Tutorial and Technical Overview, (IBM Redbook) - Download From http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/gg243376.html 

• TCP/IP Guide, Charles M. Kozierok, Available Online - http://www.tcpipguide.com

• Request for Comments (RFC) - IETF - http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html