APPENDIX 3

Outline of the Advanced Data Communications Course in 2000

1. Interconnection Standards

   1. The Standards Committees

   2. X.200 Reference Model

   3. Physical Layer

   4. Link Layer

   5. Link Layer Technologies

   6. Network Layer

   7. Network Layer Technologies

   8. Transport Layer

   9. The Architecture of the Internet

2. Internetworking Standards

   10. The Upper Layers of the OSI Reference Model

   11. The Session Layer

   12. The Presentation Layer

   13. Security and Electronic Commerce Technology Review

3. Application Standards

   14. Introduction to Abstract Syntax

   15. Introductory Elements of the Application Standards

   16. Introduction to OSI Network Management

4. Object Oriented Network Modeling

   17. Introduction to Network Modeling

   18. Object Inheritance, Aggregation and Registration Hierarchies

   19. Topics in Network Modeling

   20. Application of the Techniques