Instructor: Dr. Richard J. Nieporent

This course builds on the foundations established in 605.777 "Internetworking with TCP/IP I". The course describes underlying advanced network technologies, including asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and newer priority mechanisms in Ethernet (IEEE 802.1Q and 802.1p). Then, advanced topics related to the Intenet Protocol (IPv4) are discussed.

For mobile IP, topics include Boot Protocol (BOOTP) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP); for multicasting, topics include IP Multicasting and Musticast Group Management Protocol (IGMP); for differentiated services, topics include Quality of Service (QoS) and Reservation Protocol (RSVP); and for security topics include IP Security (IPSec).

For the transport layer, advanced topics dealing with the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) are described, including Path Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU), Discovery Protocol, TCP over gigabit pipes, and the TCP window scale option.

For the application layer, topics include network management with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Remote Monitoring (RMON); directory services with Domain Name Server (DNS) and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP); secure messaging with Secure Multimedia Internet mail Extensions (S.MIME); and multimedia via Voice over IP (VoIP). The final topic discussed is the next generation of IP (IPv6) and transition mechanisms.

Spring 2001

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Computer Network Information

  • Magazines
  • Standards Organizations
    • ISO - The International Standards Institute (ISO) is the standards organization responsible for the development of OSI standards

    • ITU-T - The International Telecommunication Union Telecommuniction Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is the standards organization responsible for the development of X (data communications) and I (ISDN) standards

    • ETSI - The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ITU-T) develops standards for the European community

    • ANSI - The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is the US representative to ISO that is responsible for the US contribution to the development of OSI standards

    • IETF - The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the standards organization responsible for the development of TCP/IP standards

      • RFCs - The complete set of Internet standards documents

      • Internet-Drafts - The complete set of Internet drafts

      • IPng - Information on the new internet protocol: IPv6

    • ATM Forum - Consortium of organizations interested in the development of ATM networks and LAN Emulation (LANE)

    • Frame Relay Forum - Consortium of organizations interested in the development of Frame Relay networks

    • IEEE - The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) standards organization responsible for the development of IEEE 802.X LAN standards

    • Gigabit Ethernet Alliance - Consortium of organizations developing the next generation high speed LAN

    • Fibre Channel Association - Consortium of organizations interested in the development of Fibre Channel networks

    • The World Wide Web Consortium - Consortium of organizations developing standards for the World Wide Web (WWW)

    • The Network Management Forum - Consortium of organizations developing network management standards for the Internet


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    • Dictionary - Dictionary of Data Communications Terminology

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