Communication networks

Communication networks and the Internet. Transport layer design principles and services, application multiplexing, UDP, principles of reliable data transfer, TCP, congestion control. Network layer, routing principles, hierarchical routing, IP, Internet routing, routers, IPv6, multicast routing. Link layer and local area networks, error detection and control, multiple access networks and protocols, Ethernet, IEEE 802.11, PPP, ATM networks, frame relay. Delay models: basic models and results from queuing theory and applications to networks. Quality of service control techniques. Optimization for packet Transport.