1. INTRODUCTION
1.0 Technology Revolution
1.1 Uses of Computer Networks
1.2 Network Hardware
1.3 Network Software
1.4 Reference Models
1.5 Example Networks
1.6 Network Standardization
1.7 Metric Units

2. THE PHYSICAL LAYER
2.1 The Theoretical Basis for Data Communication
2.2 Guided Transmission Media
2.3 Wireless Transmission
2.4 Communication Satellites
2.5 Digital Modulation and Multiplexing
2.6 The Public Switched Telephone Network
2.7 The Mobile Telephone System
2.8 Cable Television

3. THE DATA LINK LAYER
3.1 Data Link Layer Design Issues
3.2 Error Detection and Correction
3.3 Elementary Data Link Protocols(ARQ)
3.4 Sliding Window Protocols
A One-Bit Sliding Window Protocol
Go-back-N
Selective Repeat
3.5 Example Data Link Protocols

4. THE MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC)
4.1 The Channel Allocation Problem
4.2 Multiple Access Protocols
ALOHA
CSMA、CSMA/CD
Collision-Free Protocols
Limited-Contention Protocols
Wireless LAN Protocols
4.3 Ethernet (802.3)
4.4 Wireless LANs
4.5 Data Link Layer Switching

5. ELEMENTARY PERFORANCE ANALYSIS
5.1 Poisson Process
5.2 Queueing Systems
5.3 M/M/1 Model
5.4 M/M/N Model
5.5 M/G/1 Model
5.6 Performance Analysis of ARQ protocols
5.7 Performance Analysis of multiple Access protocols

6 .THE NETWORK LAYER
6.1 Network Layer Design Issues
6.2 Routing Algorithms
6.3 Congestion Control Algorithms
6.4 Quality of Service
6.5 Internetworking
6.6 The Network Layer In The Internet

7. THE TRANSPORT LAYER
7.1 The Transport Service
7.2 Elements of Transport Protocols
7.3 Congestion Control
7.4 The Internet Transport Protocols: UDP
7.5 The Internet Transport Protocols: TCP
7.6 Performance Issues

8. THE APPLICATION LAYER
8.1 The Domain Name System