CONTENTS
Introduction
Review Of Literature
Network Software & Protocol Hierarchies
Layer Services
Network Architecture
A Seven-Layer Blueprint for Communications (OSI Reference Model)
The TCP/IP Reference Model
The Data Link Layer
Data Link Protocols
The Medium Access Sublayer
The Channel Allocation Problem
Multiple Access Protocols
Sliding Window Protocols
Sliding Window Protocol Features
1-bit Sliding Window Protocol
Error Control
Applet Design
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
CSMA Protocols
CSMA with Collision Detection
IEEE Standard 802.3 (Ethernet)
The Binary Exponential Backoff Algorithm
802.3 Cabling
Cable Topologies
Applet Design
Implementation
Sliding Window Protocol
Go-back-n Approach
CSMA/CD
Other Protocols and Algorithms
Routing Algorithms
Token Ring
Distance Vector Algorithm
Conclusion
References
Summary
Acknowledgements
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