CDA 4500   Introduction to Data Communications

Course Contents: Fall 2003

1. Overview
   • Introduction   < ppt >
   • Network Models   < ppt >

2. Physical Layer  
   • Signals   < ppt >
   • Digital Transmission   < ppt >
   • Analog Transmission   < ppt >
   • Multiplexing   < ppt >
   • Transmission Media   < ppt >
   • Circuit Switching and Telephone Network   < ppt >
   • High-Speed Digital Access: DSL, Cable Modems, and SONET   < ppt >

3. Data Link Layer  
   • Error Detection and Correction   < ppt >
   • Data Link Control and Protocols   < ppt >
   • Point-to-Point Access: PPP   < ppt >
   • Multiple Access   < ppt >
   • Local Area Networks: Ethernet   < ppt >
   • Wireless LANs   < ppt >
   • Connecting LANs, Backbone Networks, and Virtual LANs   < ppt >
   • Cellular Telephone and Satellite Networks   < ppt >
   • Virtual Circuit Switching: Frame Relay and ATM   < ppt >

4. Network Layer  
   • Host-to-Host Delivery: Internetworking, Addressing, and Routing   < ppt >
   • Network Layer Protocols: ARP, IPv4, ICMP, IPv6, and ICMPv6   < ppt >
   • Unicast and Multicast Routing: Routing Protocols   < ppt >

5. Transport Layer  
   • Process-to-Process Delivery: UDP and TCP   < ppt >
   • Congestion Control and Quality of Service   < ppt >

6. Application Layer  
   • Client-Server Model: Socket Interface   < ppt >
   • Domain Name System (DNS)   < ppt >
   • SMTP and FTP   < ppt >
   • HTTP and WWW   < ppt >
   • Multimedia   < ppt >

7. Security  
   • Cryptography   < ppt >
   • Message Security, User Authentication, and Key Management   < ppt >
   • Security Protocols in the Internet   < ppt >