Network Architecture

The course covers the network evolution and development, network architectures, network topologies and technologies, layered protocol design, OSI model, MAC protocols, multiplexing, switching, flow control, IP networking, addressing, IPv4 vs. IPv6, transmission protocols, TCP/IP networking, routing and queuing, Domain Name System, network management, network performance evaluation, Quality of Service architecture, IntServ, DiffServ, MPLS, Multicasting, VPNs, multimedia transmission protocols, Traffic Engineering, this is in addition to the state-of-the-art of networking applications and services like Cloud Computing, P2P networking & Ubiquitous Computing.