The Upper Layers of Telecommunications Systems

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Description: This course is designed to develop a solid and deep understanding of data/telecommunications networks. The course covers various technical components and their functions in today’s communication networks, with a special focus on the upper layers of the TCP/IP protocol suite (i.e., Network, Transport, and Application). The topics covered in the course will include, but not be limited to IP packet delivery, forwarding, and routing, UDP and TCP, dynamic host configuration (DHCP), domain name (DNS) lookup, and other widely used Internet applications (e.g., Web and email). Course previously offered as TCOM 5123.