| Description: | This course is an introductory graduate course on the protocol architecture of the Internet, following a bottom-up approach to the protocol layers. The objective of this core course is to provide an understanding of internetworking concepts in preparation for advanced networking courses. The first part of the course covers networking technologies such as local area networks, packet switching, network protocols, and routing. The second part of the course examines the Internet protocol (IP) and TCP/UDP in depth. The last part of the course is an overview of important application protocols such as client/server computing, HTTP, DNS, SMTP, FTP, SNMP, voice over IP, and video over IP. |
| Textboook: | D. Comer, R. Droms, Computer Networks and Internets With Internet Applications, 4th ed., Prentice Hall, 2004. Class notes will also be distributed in class. |
| Prerequisites: | EETS 7301 or equivalent previous exposure to data communications |
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