notes

Preface
mid-1990s: numerous kinds of LANs and WANs existed, multiple protocol stacks
by 2003: Ethernet -- the only wired LAN in widespread use, all WANs were on the Internet
wireless network: 802.11, 2G, 3G cellular networks, Bluetooth

Chp1
Internet, Ethernet, wireless LANs, ATM

Chp2
ADSL, broadband wireless, wireless MANs, DOCSIS

Chp3 point-to-point protocols
timeless, unchanged

Chp4
MAC sublayer
gigabit Ethernet, MPLS

Chp5
routing in ad hoc networks, NAT, P2P