Chapter 1: Computer Networks and the Internet

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1.1 What Is the Internet?
- 1.1.1 A Nuts-and-Bolts Description
- 1.1.2 A Services Description
- 1.1.3 What Is a Protocol?
  - A Human Analogy
  - Network Protocols
1.2 The Network Edge
- 1.2.1 Access Networks
  - Home Access: DSL, Cable, FTTH, Dial-Up, and Satellite
  - Access in the Enterprise (and the Home): Ethernet and WiFi
  - Wide-Area Wireless Access: 3G and LTE
- 1.2.2 Physical Media
  - Twisted-Pair Copper Wire
  - Coaxial Cable
  - Fiber Optics
  - Terrestrial Radio Channels
  - Satellite Radio Channels
1.3 The Network Core
- 1.3.1 Packet Switching
- 1.3.2 Circuit Switching
- 1.3.3 A Network of Networks

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1.4 Delay, Loss, and Throughput in Packet-Switched Networks
- 1.4.1 Overview of Delay in Packet-Switched Networks
- 1.4.2 Queuing Delay and Packet Loss
- 1.4.3 End-to-End Delay
- 1.4.4 Throughput in Computer Networks
1.5 Protocol Layers and Their Service Models
- 1.5.1 Layered Architecture
- 1.5.2 Encapsulation
1.6 Networks Under Attack
1.7 History of Computer Networking and the Internet
- 1.7.1 The Development of Packet Switching: 1961–1972
- 1.7.2 Proprietary Networks and Internetworking: 1972–1980
- 1.7.3 A Proliferation of Networks: 1980–1990
- 1.7.4 The Internet Explosion: The 1990s
- 1.7.5 The New Millennium
1.8 Summary

Jiawei Lu