Unit 1
The Internet – The Network Edge, the Network Core, Delay, Loss, and Throughput in Packet Switched Networks, Protocol Layers and Their Service Models. Principles of Network Applications: The Web and HTTP, File Transfer: FTP, Electronic Mail in the Internet, DNS – The Internet’s Directory Service, Peer-to-Peer Applications. Introduction and Transport Layer Services: Multiplexing and Demultiplexing, Connectionless Transport – UDP, Principles of Reliable Data Transfer.