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Network Wiki for CS Students

A list of concepts taught in Computer Network course for reference purpose.

Resources

Lectures: https://gaia.cs.umass.edu/kurose_ross/lectures.php

OSI Model

  1. Application Layer

    Key concepts: CDN

    Unit: Data

  2. Transport Layer

    Key concepts:

  • TCP
  • TCP packet structure (header - payload)
  • Checksum Error Checking
  • RDT (Reliable Data Transmission) Protocol 1.0-3.0

    Unit: Packets

  1. Network Layer

    Key concept: Data plane, Control plane, Switching Packets, IPv4, IPv6

    Unit: Datagrams

  2. Link Layer

    Key concept: Routing algorithms, CSMA/CD, CRC error checking, ARP protocol

    Unit: Frames

  3. Physical Layer

    Key concept:

    Unit: (Wave/Optic) Signal

Misc Concepts

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