Official NUC CCMAS syllabus
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Start studying ELE 407 free →Introduction: network edge, end systems, access networks, links, network core, packet switching, circuit switching, network structure, delay, loss, throughput in networks, protocol layers, service models, Application Layer, Web and HTTP, Electronic mail, Domain Name System, video streaming and content distribution networks, Socket programming with UDP and TCP*, Transport Layer, multiplexing and demultiplexing, connectionless transport: UDP, principles of reliable data transfer, connection-oriented transport: TCP, principles of congestion control, TCP congestion control, Network layer: The Data Plane, control plane, Router architecture, IP: Internet Protocol, Generalized Forward and SDN, Network Layer: The Control Plane, routing protocols, intra-AS routing in the Internet: OSPF, routing among the ISPs: BGP, The SDN control plane, Link Layer and LANs, error detection, correction, multiple access protocols, data center networking, Wireless Networking, Wireless links, characteristics, IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs (Wi-Fi), Network Security, Message integrity, authentication, Securing e-mail, securing TCP connections: SSL, Firewalls and IDS.
Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study ELE 407.