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Introduction to Data Communications - Readings
Computer Networks (3rd Ed), A. Tanenbaum, Chapter 1
- Required:
- Sec 1.1 - all
- Sec 1.2 intro, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.5
- Sec 1.3 intro, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.6
- Sec 1.4.1 intro. Also skim through the brief description of each of the layers to give
yourself an overall idea. We will be going into these layers in details through-out the semester,
so don't worry if you don't have a full idea of their significance now.
- Sec 1.4.2 intro. The same as in sec 1.4.1, skim through the brief description of each
of the layers to give yourself an overall idea.
- Sec 1.4.3
- Sec 1.7 - all. This is to give you some background on the standards and protocols you will
encounter through-out the unit. You are not required to memorized
the names and acronyms of the various organizations .
- Optional (not required for exam)
- Sec 1.2.4
- Sec 1.4.4, 1.4.5
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