Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Motivation and Tools
Chapter 3 Network Programming And Applications
Chapter 4 Transmission Media
Chapter 5 Local Asynchronous Communication (RS-232)
Chapter 6 Long-Distance Communication (Carriers, Modulation, And Modems)
Chapter 7 Packets, Frames, And Error Detection
Chapter 8 LAN Technologies And Network Topology
Chapter 9 Hardware Addressing And Frame Type Identification

Table of Contents

* 1. Computer Networks -- CSC 445 -- Spring 1998
* 2. General Information
o 2.1. My Curriculum Vitae
o 2.2. Course Description
o 2.3. Grading
o 2.4. Other Things
o 2.5. Useful Information
* 3. Introduction into C
o 3.1. The First Step
o 3.2. Compiler Options
o 3.3. Exercices
o 3.4. C && Local Libraries
* 4. The Subject
o 4.1. A Network Architecture Example: WWW
* 5. Protocol
o 5.1. Protocol Layering
o 5.2. The OSI Seven-Layer Model
* 6. TCP/IP

This book is concerned with post-computer communication networks and two of its
important streams: data communication and telecommunication. Data communication
refers to the communication between digital computers, facilitated by computer
networks. Telecommunication refers to the primarily human-to-human
communication facilitated by the global telephone system. The differences between
these two streams are mainly due to historical reasons. Telecommunication is
increasingly relying on digital computer technology, and data communication is relying

This is the latest draft of notes I have used for the graduate course Communication Network Analysis, oered by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The notes describe many of the most popular analytical techniques for design and analysis of computer communication networks, with an emphasis on performance issues such as delay, blocking, and resource allocation.