Text #1: Stallings, William, Data and Computer Communications, 7th edition, Prentice-Hall.
Text #2: Kurose, James and Ross, Keith, Computer Networking, 2nd edition, Addison Wesley.
Readings
Text #1 Chapter 1: Data Communications and Networking Overview or Text #2 Chapter 1: Computer Networks and the Internet
Text #1 Chapter 2: Protocol Architecture or Text #2 Chapter 1: Computer Networks and the Internet
Text #1 Chapter 3: Data Transmission
Text #1 Chapter 4: Guided and Wireless Transmission
Text #1 Chapter 5: Signal-Encoding Techniques
Text #1 Chapter 6: Digital Data Communication Techniques
Text #1 Chapter 7: Data Link Control
Text #1 Chapter 8: Multiplexing
Text #1 Chapter 9: Spread Spectrum
Text #1 Chapter 10: Circuit Switching and Packet Switching
Text #1 Chapter 11: Asynchronous Transfer Mode
Text #1 Chapter 14: Cellular Wireless Networks
Text #1 Chapter 15: Local Area Networks Overview
Text #1 Chapter 16: High Speed LANs
Text #1 Chapter 17: Wireless LANs
Text #1 Chapter 18 and Chapter 19 (section 19.2 only): Internetwork Protocols and Operation or Text #2 Chapter 4: Network Layer and Routing (exclude sections 4.8 and 4.9)
Text #1 Chapter 22: Distributed Applications
Text #1 Chapter 20: Transport Protocols or Text #2 Chapter 3: Transport Layer or Text #2 Chapter 2: Application Layer