1. Computer networking concepts, basic terminology, protocols, communication architectures, and OSI reference model

2. Data link layer, ARQ strategies, analysis of ARQ strategies, multi-access communication and protocols

3. ATM

4. Delay models in data networks

5. Introduction to performance analysis and queuing networks

6. Little's theorem

7. Single server queuing models and network of queues

8. Network layer, routing, flow control, congestion control, protocols

9. Transport and application layers and protocols

1. Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet by Kurose and Ross, Addison Wesley, 2003.

2. Data Networks by Dimitri Bertsekas and Robert Gallager, Prentice Hall, 1992.

3. Computer Networks by Andrew Tanenbaum, Prentice Hall, 1996.

COE540 or ICS 570