This course covers layer 3 and 4 in TCP/IP standard
architecture. Different routing principles such as Dijkstra’s and Bellman-Ford
algorithms are studied in this course. Moreover, IP router standard router structure
is studied in this course. Students taking this course will be aware of all
details about most of the routing protocols in use today in the Internet and
are able to compare them.
Topics covered in this course include: introduction
to layering and protocols; OSI standard architecture; TCP/IP standard
structure; IP protocol; TCP protocol; routing in IP networks; interior gateway protocols (distance
vector protocols: RIP, IGRP, EIGRP)(link state protocols: OSPF); exterior
gateway protocols (EGP, BGP); standard IP router structure; routing in MPLS
networks. LAN