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Week
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Topics
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Study Metarials
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1
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Uses of computer networks, network hardware, network software
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2
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The physical layer
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3
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Framing, Error Correction and Error Detection
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4
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Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocols, Ethernet MAC Addressing, Collision Detection and Control (CSMA/CD)
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5
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Network Layer. IP Addressing. Subnetworking, Datagram Fragmentation
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6
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ICMP Protocol, Address binding, ARP, DHCP
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7
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Routing protocols: distance vector vs link state routing, DV problem-I
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8
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Routing protocols: distance vector vs link state routing, DV problem-II
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9
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IP Routing protocols: IGP (RIP, OSPF) EGP(BGP)
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10
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Transport layer concepts, Connection oriented and connectionless networking
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11
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Transport layer: TCP and UDP protocols
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12
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Transport layer: flow control, congestion control
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13
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Sockets, connection oriented and connectionless client/ server programming
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14
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The application layer
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