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Jan 24, 2010

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310250: COMPUTER NETWORKS
Theory: 100 Marks
Objectives:

• To learn and understand fundamentals of computer network
• To learn and understand network architectures, protocols and applications
Prerequisite:
• Data Communications

Unit I (06 Hrs)
Introduction: Review of Applications of Computer Networks, Network hardware and software, Reference Models: OSI and TCP/IP, Example Networks: Internet, X.25, Frame Relay, ATM, Ethernet, Wireless LANs, Network standardization, Switching, Buffering and Multicasting

Unit II (06 Hrs)
Data Link Layer: Design issues: Services, Framing, Error and flow control, Stop-and-Wait protocol, Sliding Window protocol, Go-Back-N ARQ, Selective Repeat ARQ, HDLC, Data link layer in Internet and ATM

Point-to-Point-Access (PPP): Frame format, Transition states, PPP Stack: LCP, NCP Network Hardware Components: Connectors, Transceivers and Media Converters, Repeaters, NICs, Bridges and Switches

Unit III (06 Hrs)
Medium Access Control sub-layer: Channel allocation: Static and Dynamic allocation, Multiple Access Protocols: ALOHA, CSMA, Collusion-free and limited-contention protocols, WDMA, Wireless LAN Protocols, Ethernet: Cabling, encoding, MAC sub-layer protocol, Switched, fast and Gigabit Ethernet, Logical link control, Wireless LANs and Digital Cellular Radio, Broadband Wireless, Virtual LANs, Bluetooth, Virtual Circuit Switching: Frame Relay and ATM


Unit IV (06 Hrs)

Network Layer: Design Issues, Packet switching, Connectionless and Connection-oriented
Services, Virtual Circuit and Datagram Subnets, Routing Algorithms, Internetworking,
Firewalls Congestion Control and QOS: General Principals, Congestion prevention policies, Load
shading, Jitter Control, Quality of Service, Internetworking Network layer Protocols: ARP, IP protocol, IP Addresses, IPV6, ICMP, Unicast Routing
Algorithms: RIP, OSPF, BGP, Multicast Routing: IGMP, Mobile IP

Unit V (06 Hrs)
Transport Layer: Services and service primitives, Sockets and Socket programming, Elements of Transport protocol: Addressing, Connection establishment and release, flow control and buffering, Multiplexing, Crash recovery, Simple Transport Protocol, UDP: Introduction, RPC, TCP: Introduction, Model, protocol, header, connection establishment and release, connection management, Transmission policy, congestion control, timer management, Introduction to wireless TCP and UDP, Performance issues

Unit VI

Application Layer: Domain Name Systems (DNS),and DNS server, Electronic Mail Architecture and services, Message Formats,MIME, message transfer ,SMTP, Mail Gateways, Relays, Configuration Mail Servers, File Transfer Protocol, General Model commands,TFTP
World Wide Web: Introduction, Architecture overview, static and dynamic web pages, WWW pages and browsing UTTP, LDAP, Browser Archicture, Caching in Web Browser remote login, Wireless web

Text Books:
1. Tanenbaum A "Computer Networks", 4th Edition, PHI ISBP 81 - 203 - 2175 - 8

2. Fourauzan B., "Data Communications and Networking", 3^ edition, Tata McGtaw Hill Publications, 2004, ISBN 0 - 07 - 058408 - 7

Reference Books:
1. Keshav S., "An Engineering Approach to Computer Networking", Perason Education, ISBN 981-235-986-9
2. Comer D., "Computer Networks and Internet", 2140 Edition, fieatson Education, ISBN 81 -7808-086-9

3. Gallo M., Hancock W., "Computer Communications and networking Technologies", Thomson Brooks/Cole, ISBN 8811 - 240 - 354 - X

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