EE 644 Computer Communication Networks
Spring 1998
Lecture Schedule

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Lecture Schedule

A. An Overview of Computer Network Architecture

Lecture A.1. (1/12) Introduction. What is a network (packet and circuit switched) and the service it provides. The layered network architecture. An quick overview of the OSI network model.

Lecture A.2. (1/14) The Physical Layer. The Data Link Control Layer (error detection codes, ARQ stop-and-wait).

Lecture A.3. (1/16) The Data Link Control Layer (go-back-n ARQ, selective-repeat ARQ, ARPANET ARQ, framing).

Holiday (1/19)

Lecture A.4 (1/21) DLC Example. Frame organization examples.

Lecture A.5. (1/23) MAC Sublayer, Network Layer (routing tables, flow control). Transport, Session, Presentation, and Application Layers.

Lecture B.1. (1/26) Motivation for queueing theory and Little's theorem.

Lecture B.2. (1/28) Discrete-time Markov chains.

Lecture B.3. (1/30) More on discrete-time Markov chains