Lecture 1 Overview

Data Communications, Data Networking, and the Internet

Protocol Architecture, TCP/IP, and Internet-Based Applications

Lecture 2 Physical Layer

Data Transmission

Transmission Media

Signal Encoding Techniques

Multiplexing

Lecture 3 Data Link Layer

Digital Data Communication Techniques

Data Link Protocols

Lecture 4 Wide Area Networks

            Circuit Switching and Packet Switching

            Asynchronous Transfer Mode

            Routing in Switched Data Networks

            Congestion Control

Lecture 5 Local Area Networks

Lecture 6 Internet and Transport Protocols*