1. introduction
l uses of computer networks
l network hardware
l network software
l reference models
l network standardization
2. the physical layer
l the theoretic basis for data communication
l transmission media
l wireless transmission
l the telephone system
3. the data link layer
l data link layer design issues
l error detection and correction
l elementary data link protocols
l sliding window protocols
l protocol specification and verification
4. the medium access sublayer
l the channel allocation problem
l multiple access protocols
l IEEE standard 802 for LANs and MANs
5. the network layer
l the network layer design issues
l routing algorithms
l congestion control algorithms
l the network layer in the Internet
6. the transport layer
l the transport service
l elements of transport protocols
l the Internet transport protocols (TCP and UDP)
7. the application layer
l network security
l multimedia
8. computer network planning and capacity management
l network planning
l network capacity management
9. special topics
l planning and management of sensor networks
l planning and management of wireless communications networks (e.g. GSM, GPRS, 3G and WLAN)
l multicasting algorithms
l content-based information retrieval/filtering
10. other materials