CIS 130.  Fall, 1999.  Term-end Readings 

In addition to the rest of Chapters 7 (20 pages), 8 (30 pages), 
and 12 (25 pages), please study 
Chapters 14 (25 pages), 15 (20 pages), and 17 (25 pages).

Please read the selected pages listed below.
The terms and concepts are listed near the pages where they
are described.  The pages to read are more specific than usual
so that more chapters can be covererd while reading less pages. 

More from Chapter 7: 
    ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network (I still don't need it?) 
        what is a B channel?  a D channel?   
     Narrowband ISDN:  the digital link to the home?
        Basic Rate Interface (BRI)   2B+D   data rates up to 128Kbps
                needs just two wires, a terminal adapter, but no modem.
        Primary Rate Interface (PRI) 23B+D  data rates up to 1.544Mbps
     Value-Added Network (VAN)
     Public Data Network (PDN)
     How to match stream and bursty traffic, at low and high volumes
        with    public circuit-switching dial-up lines
                public circuit-switching leased lines
                public packet-switching 
                private packet-switching 

Chapter 8: High-Speed WANs 
  pp 216-221
    Recognize and distinguish between WAN alternatives
    Understand the evolution of WAN architectures   
  pp 222-224
    How do X.25, Frame Relay, and ATM compare 
        in terms of speed, error checking, packet size, delays
  pp 230-231, 233 (bottom)
    Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Cell Relay,  ATM packet and payload size
  pp 195, 228-230
    Congestion control, and how Frame Relay handles it with CIR
  pp 238
    Switched Multi-Megabit Data Service (SMDS)
    Of X.25, Frame Relay, ATM, SMDS
        which use virtual circuits? which use datagram packet switching ?
  pp 239-241  
    Broadband ISDN is expected to use which medium ?  which protocol ? 
    what two data rates ( and their OC rating levels from Ch 6 )?
          and their expected uses ? 

Chapter 12: TCP/IP and OSI architectures
  pp 343-347, figures 12.4, 12.5
    Need for layering in networking, nested headers.
  pp 350-357 
      TCP/IP and its layers:  
            Physical, Network Access, Internet, Transport, Application
            Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Ports
            Internet Protocol (IP) and IP addresses (hierarchical, 32 bit) 
            Network Access layer   and MAC addresses (linear, 48 bit)
          Place the following TCP/IP protocols in the appropriate layers:
                  IP, TCP, HTTP, FTP, telnet, SMTP (e-mail)
  pp 357-358
      OSI and its layers: Please Do Not Toss Spinach Pizza Away
  pp 364-368
      Internetworking
      Define Repeater, Bridge, and Router and which OSI layers they work at  
      Subnetworks
      Lecture:  Routers, IP addresses, and Network Masks

For the chapters below, focus on the terms and questions at the end of each
chapter.

Chapter 14: Client/Server and Intranet Computing
Chapter 15: Doing Business on the Internet
Chapter 17: Network Security