The internet, like the telephone system which preceded it, depends for its existence on communications networks. This free course, Protocols in multi-service networks, examines these networks as ...
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Overview
- 1 Overview
- 1.1 Abbreviations used within this unit
- 1.2 Protocols in multi-service networks: introduction
- 2 OSI reference model
- 2 OSI reference model
- 2.1 Layers of communication
- 2.2 Vertical communication
- 2.3 Horizontal communication
- 2.4 Examples of layer functions
- 3 TCP/IP protocol architecture
- 3 TCP/IP protocol architecture
- 3.1 What does TCP/IP protocol architecture do?
- 3.2 Domain name system
- 3.3 Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
- 3.4 Transmission control protocol (TCP)
- 3.4.1 Connection control
- 3.4.2 Primitives
- 3.5 Internet protocol (IP)
- 3.5.1 IPv4 Addresses
- 3.5.2 IP forwarding
- 3.5.3 Address resolution on LANS
- 3.5.4 Primitives
- 4 ATM protocol architecture
- 4 ATM protocol architecture
- 4.1 What is ATM protocol architecture?
- 4.2 ATM layers
- 4.2.1 ATM physical layer
- 4.2.2 ATM layer
- 4.2.3 ATM adaptation layer
- 4.3 IP over ATM
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements
