High-speed
network architectures, protocols and control algorithms. Basic architecture of
packet networks and their network elements (switches, routers, bridges), and
protocols used to enable transmission of packets through network. Network
protocols: Ethernet, Internet, token rings, FDDI, Circuit-switched networks,
ATM networks, switching, scheduling, naming, and addressing, routing, error
control, flow control, traffic collection, modeling, and characterization,
traffic management, connection admission control algorithms, and congestion
control algorithms.
