Principles of Wide Area Networks (WANs) course

This course provides an introduction to the underlying concepts of Wide Area Networks. It is recommended that this course is studied to prepare for the other courses in the TransNet suite.

Summary of topics covered:

Principles and comparison of synchronous and asynchronous transmission.

Principles of TDM and time switching.

Principles of packet switching.

Role and structure of OSI Reference Model (OSIRM).

Principles of connection oriented and connectionless modes of operation.

Role of permanent and switched connections; concept of virtual circuits.

Effects of delay, delay variation and errors on voice and video traffic.

Principles of route discovery inc. routing tables, signalling and addressing


Number of chapters: 8 Study time: 5 hours


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