Hot Topics in Networking Including ATM, Multimedia, and Wireless

List of References

Topics

• Networking Trends
• ATM Networks
• Virtual LANs
• Multimedia Networking
• Wireless Networks

Course Schedule

Networking Trends

• General Trends
• Life Cycle of Technologies
• Trends in Applications
• Trends in Topology
• Electro-optical Bottleneck

ATM Networks

• ATM: Overview
• ATM Protocol Layers
• Network Interfaces
• Adaptation Layers
• Physical layers

Legacy Protocols Over ATM

• LAN Emulation
• IP Over ATM
• Next-Hop Resolution Protocol (NHRP)

ATM: Issues and Challenges

• Requirements for Success
• Economy of Scale
• High Performance
• Simplicity

Virtual LANs

• What is a LAN and what is a Virtual LAN?
• Types of Virtual LANs
• IEEE 802.1Q standard: Current issues

Multimedia

• Video Fundamentals
• Compression Standards: JPEG, MPEG,...
• Media Synchronization
• Multimedia over ATM
• Multimedia over IP: MBONE, RSVP,...
• Interesting applications on Internet

Wireless

• Spread spectrum
• Wireless local area networks
• Wireless wide area networks: CDPD and Metricom
• IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN standard
• Mobile IP

Schedule: Tentative

• 9:00-9:15 Course Introduction
• 9:15-10:15 Trends
• 10:15-10:30 Coffee Break
• 10:30-11:15 ATM Networks: Overview
• 11:15-12:00 Legacy Protocols Over ATM
• 12:00-1:00 Lunch Break
• 1:00-1:15 ATM Issues and Challenges
• 1:15-2:00 Virtual LANs
• 2:00-2:15 Stretch Break
• 2:15-3:30 Multimedia
• 3:30-3:45 Coffee Break
• 3:45-5:00 Wireless