Unit 1 Optical Networking

2 lecture hours

• Introduction to Optical Networking
• SONET / SDH Standard

Unit 2 ATM

6 lecture hours

• The WAN Protocol : Introducing ATM Technology
• Introducing Faces of ATM, Explaining the basic concepts of ATM Networking
• Exploring the B-ISDN reference model
• Explaining the Physical Layer
• Explaining the ATM Layer
• Explaining the ATM Adaptation Layer
• Exploring ATM Physical interface
• Choosing an Appropriate ATM Public Service

Unit 3 Packet Switching Protocols

4 lecture hours

• Introduction to Packet Switching
• Introduction to Virtual Circuit Packet Switching
• Introduction to X.25
• Introducing switched multimegabit data service

Unit 4 Protocols and Interfaces in Upper Layers of TCP/IP

4 lecture hours

• Introducing TCP/IP suite
• Explaining Network Layer Protocols
• Explaining Transport Layer Protocol
• Explaining Application Layer Protocol

Unit 5 Routing in the Internet

• Introduction to Intra-domain and inter-domain routings
• Unicast Routing Protocols
• Multicast Routing Protocols 06 15

Unit 6 Other Routing Techniques

• Introduction to traffic Engineering
• IP over ATM, Multiprotocol Label Switching
• Storage Area Network 06 10

Unit 7 Network Management and Services

4 lecture hours

• Introduction to Network Management
• Standard Network Management Protocol

Unit 8 Traffic Engineering Basics

7 lecture hours

• Introduction to traffic Engineering
• Requirement Definition for Traffic Engineering
• Traffic Sizing
• Traffic Characteristics
• Time and Delay Consideration
• Reliability, and Maintainability
• Throughput Calculation

Unit 9 Multimedia over Internet

5 lecture hours

• Introduction to Multimedia Services
• Explaining Transmission of Multimedia over the Internet
• Explaining IP Multicasting
• Explaining VOIP

Unit 10 Bluetooth

6 lecture hours

• Bluetooth Architecture
• Bluetooth Applications
• The Bluetooth Protocol Stack
• The Bluetooth Frame Structure