Applications, Requirements, Network Architecture, Implementing Network Software, Performance.
Perspectives on Connecting, Encoding (NRZ, NRZI, Manchester, 4B/5B), Framing, Error Detection, Reliable Transmission, Ethernet and Multiple Access Networks (802.3), Wireless.
Internetworking and Advanced Internetworking Switching and Bridging, Basic Internetworking (IP), Routing, The Global Internet, Routing among Mobile Devices.
End-to-End Protocols and Congestion Control Simple Demultiplexer (UDP), Reliable Byte Stream (TCP), Queuing Disciplines, TCP Congestion Control, Congestion-Avoidance Mechanisms.
Network Security and Applications Cryptographic Building Blocks, Key Pre-distribution, Firewalls, Traditional Applications, Infrastructure Services.
Question Paper Pattern:
• The Question paper will have TEN questions
• Each full question will be for 20 marks
• There will be 02 full questions (with maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
• Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
• The students will have to answer FIVE full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text books
1. “ Computer Networks A Systems Approach” by Larry L Peterson and Bruce S Davie, 5th Edition, MKP – 2012 – (1, 2 ,3.1,3.2,3.3, 3.4,4.1, 5.1,5.2 , 6.2,6.36.4, 8.1,8.2,8.5, 9.1,9.3)
References
1. James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross, “Computer Networking – A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet”, Fifth Edition, Pearson Education, 2009.
2. Nader. F. Mir, “Computer and Communication Networks”, Pearson Prentice Hall Publishers, 2010.
3. Ying-Dar Lin, Ren-Hung Hwang, Fred Baker, “Computer Networks: An Open Source Approach”, Mc Graw Hill Publisher, 2011.
4. Behrouz A. Forouzan, “Data Communication and Networking”, Fourth Edition, Tata McGraw – Hill, 2011.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the student will be able to
1. CO1: Apply the basic concepts of networking and to analyse different parameters such as bandwidth, delay, throughput of the networks for the given problem.
2. CO2: Apply different techniques to ensure the reliable and secured communication in wired and wireless communication
3. CO3: Analyse the networking concepts of TCP/IP for wired and wireless components
4. CO4: Identify the issues of Transport layer to analyse the congestion control mechanism
5. CO5: Design network topology with different protocols and analyse the performance using NS2