Graduate Comprehensive Examination
Computer Networks
Coordinator: Dr. Mohammad Shahsavari
This serves as a guide for students preparing for the Computer
Networks Graduate Comprehensive Exam.
Topics:
- INTRODUCTION
- Uses of Computer Networks
- Network Hardware
- Network Software
- Reference Models
- The OSI Reference Model
- The TCP/IP Reference Model
- Example Networks
- The Internet
- Novell Netware
- Gigabit Testbeds
- Example Data Communication Services
- SMDS=97Switched Multimegabit Data Service
- X.25 Networks
- Frame Relay
- Broadband ISDN and ATM
- Network Standardization
- THE PHYSICAL LAYER
- The Theoretical Basis for Data Communication
- Transmission Media
- Wireless Transmission
- The Telephone System
- Narrowband ISDN
- Broadband ISDN and ATM
- Cellular Radio
- Communication Satellites
- THE DATA LINK LAYER
- Data Link Layer Design Issues
- Error Detection and Correction
- Elementary Data Link Protocols
- Sliding Window Protocols
- Protocol Specification and Verification
- Example of Data Link Layer Protocols
- THE MEDIUM ACCESS SUBLAYER
- The Channel Allocation Problem
- Multiple Access Protocols
- IEEE Standard 802 for LANs and MANs
- Bridges
- High-Speed LANs
- Satellite Networks
- THE NETWORK LAYER
- THE TRANSPORT LAYER
- The Internet Transport protocols (TCP and UDP)
- THE APPLICATION LAYER
- Network security
- DNS=97Domain Name System
- The World Wide Web
- Multimedia
Book:
- Andrew S. Tanenbaum, "Computer Networks,"
Third Edition, Prentice-Hall, 1996.
Last modified: Mon Jan 27 17:26:29 EST 1997