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The Internet is a computer network that millions of people use every day. Understand the design strategies used to solve computer networking problems while you learn how the Internet works.
Syllabus
- Introduction, Protocols and Layering
- Physical and Link layers
- Retransmissions, Multiple access, Switching
- Network layer, Internetworking
- Intra- and Inter-domain Routing
- Transport layer, Reliability
- Congestion Control
- DNS, Web/HTTP, Content Distribution
- Quality of Service and Real-time Apps
- Network Security
Instructors
- Arvind Krishnamurthy - Computer Science & Engineering
- John Zahorjan
- David Wetherall
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