Computer Networks and Internetworking
Lecture with exercises
Studiengänge
- Master program Digital Communications
Beschreibung
The lecture starts with a thorough introduction to the ISO/OSI Reference Model for Open Systems Interconnection. It continues with an in-depth discussion of transmission protocols and their mechanismus for error handling. Local area networks of different technologies (wired and wireless), their topologies and their media access control protocols are covered in the following part. ISDN, ATM, X.25 networks serve as examples for wide area network communication. Based on this material, the internetworking concept of TCP/IP is explained, including IP routing and forwarding, routing protocols, and TCP primitives for congestion control.