Computer Network Architecture

This course examines the field of data networks. The text and the course are roughly structured according to the ISO Open System Interface. Most of the course will be devoted to the studying the lower four layers of the protocol stack plus some additional material at the application level

Text Book :-The textbook for COMP767 Computer Network Architecture during the Summer 2006 semester is:

Computer Networks, 4^th edition by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, PTR Prentice Hall, 2003, ISBN 0-13-066102-3

Slides:

Notes on the ISO OSI model

Notes on Local Asynchronous Communication

Notes on Modulation Techniques

Notes on Multiplexing

Notes on the Telephone System

Notes on ADSL

Notes on Transmission Timing Notes on Media Media pictures Notes on Wireless Communication Notes on ATM Notes on the Data Link Layer Notes on Point to Point Protocol Notes on Queueing Theory Queuing Theory examples Notes on Lan Technologies Notes on Interconnecting Networks Repeater Animation Bridge Animation Notes on Routing Notes on Internet Addressing Notes on Internet Routing Notes on Internet Sub-Domains Notes on ICMP Notes on DHCP and WINS Notes on TCP and UDP Notes on Sockets Notes on IPv6 Notes on Remote Procedure Calls Notes on Domain Name Servers Notes on Security Notes on WWW Technology Notes on HTTP Annotated Network Trace of Web browser use Notes on Distributed File Systems Notes on Email Notes on SNMP

Trace Data from "Computer Networks and Internets" by D. Comer.

Example source code for socket programs

The example client and server shown in chapter 30 of the textbook Dr. Williams' TCP example client and server for Unix or Microsoft Windows. Dr. Williams' TCP example client and server in C++ for Microsoft systems. Dr. Williams' TCP example client/server using Java. Dr. Williams' UDP example client and server . Various examples by the textbook author.

Important Instructions for using Microsoft Visual C to create socket programs.

links to (possibly more organized) Network courses at other Universities

COMP476 Networked Computer Systems