Principles of network design, circuit switching and packet switching, OSI Reference Model; wireless data network design, error detection and correction codes; retransmission request protocols; MAC layer protocols, Markov chains and queuing models for delay analysis; multiaccess communication, local area networks and Ethernet standards; routing, flow control, internetworking; Mobile IP, IP Multicast, TCP and higher layer functions and protocols. There will be a course project covering different aspects of data network design.