Computer Networking: a Top-Down Approach (8th ed.)
J.F. Kurose, K.W. Ross, Pearson, 2020http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/kurose_ross
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1.1
What is the Internet?
Chapter goals; a nuts-and-bolts and a services description. What is a protocol?
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1.2
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1.3
The Network Core
Forwarding, routing; packet switching; curcuit switching; a network of networks
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1.4
Performance: Delay, Loss and Throughput in Computer Networks
Packet delay and loss, end-end throughput
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1.5
Protocol layers and Their Service Models
Layered architecture, encapulation.
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1.6
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1.7
History of Computer Networking; Chapter 1 Summary
From 1961 until today!
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1.8
Chapter: Supplemental topics
Who uses the Internet? Who controls the Internet?
