1. Layered Protocols

• OSI Intro
• TCP/IP Intro

1. Physical Layer

• Analog and Digital Transmission
• Nyquist and Shannon Theorems
• Digital Encoding
• Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)

1. Data Link Layer

• Framing
• Flow Control (stop and wait, Sliding Window)
• Error Control

1. LAN’s

• Topologies
• LLC, MAC
• Aloha Protocols, CSMA/CD
• Ethernet
• Bridges

1. Network Layer

• Routing (IGP, BGP, OSPF, RIP)
• Shortest Path Algorithms (Dijkstra, Bellman-Ford)
• Link State vs. Distant Vector
• IP (addressing, subnets, CIDR, IPv6)

1. Transport Layer

• Credit Based Sliding Windows
• TCP
• Three-way Handshake
• Flow control
• Retransmission Timers and Window Management

1. Domain Name Service (DNS)