Networks and Distributed Systems: Spring 1997

Course Outline

Introduction

Basic Ideas: Networks and Distributed Systems, The OSI and TCP/IP models.

The Physical layer

The "wires" and switches

The Logical Link layer

The protocols allowing reliable point-to-point transmission of frames of data.

The Medium Access layer

How one controls access to a shared communication channel. The IEEE 802 suite of standards

The network layer

Routing, congestion control and internetworking.

The transport layer

The first layer outside the network, this is where you connect your machine to the rest of the world, sockets, the transport layer interconnect, and remote procedure call.

The application layer

All the "good" stuff, file transfer, email, name services, the web etc.