Basic Background for Networking Area Exam
Students should understand the general architecture of a networking subsystem, and the various functions of its components -- from network interface to application. These functions/services include synchronization, error and flow control, routing, congestion control, addressing and address mapping, multiplexing, resource allocation, fragmentation and reassembly, multicasting, mobility, naming, security, management, autoconfiguration, applications and network programming interfaces.
Students should know about networking standards and protocols, formal specification of protocols, legacy and high-speed network technologies--local area and wide area networks, bridged networks, and internetworks. They should also know basic modeling and performance analysis of networks and network protocols. This basic knowledge is normally covered in offered courses and networking textbooks.
Basic References:
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L. Peterson and B. Davie. Computer Networks: A Systems Approach. 3rd Edition. Morgan-Kaufmann, 2003. | ||||||||
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J. Kurose and K. Ross. Computer Networking, A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet. 3rd Edition. Addison-Wesley, 2005. | ||||||||
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S. Keshav. An Engineering Approach to Computer Networking: ATM Networks, the Internet, and the Telephone Network. Addison-Wesley, 1997. | ||||||||
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Gary R. Wright and W. Richard Stevens. TCP/IP Illustrated, Volumes 1, 2, 3. Addison-Wesley, 1994, 1995, 1996. | ||||||||
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William Stallings. High-Speed Networks and Internets. 2nd Edition. Prentice-Hall, 2002. | ||||||||
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Trivedi, Probability and Statistics with Reliability, Queueing, and Computer Science Applications, Prentice Hall, 1982.
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Additional References:
| Jean Walrand and Pravin Varaiya. High-Performance Communication Networks. 2nd Edition. Morgan-Kaufman, 2000. |
| D. Comer. Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume 1, Third edition. Prentice-Hall, 1995. |
| A.S. Tanenbaum. Computer Networks. 4th Edition. Prentice-Hall, 2003. |
