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The course is the second in a series of courses on computer networking. It assumes familiarity with the basics of network architecture including the physical layer, the link layer, the network layer, and the transport layer. The course‘s topics include: an introduction the internet, the World Wide Web (WWW), and the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), internet servers, high speed networks, optical networks, cellular networks, fixed infrastructure networks, multicast, intranet and internet routing protocols, comparison between distance vector and link state routing mechanisms, encryption, and resource reservation. Protocols for the above topics will be discussed along with their properties and ways to improve them the course ‘s topics will be divided roughly into three sections: transport layer issues (inter-network routing, congestion control and avoidance).