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This document outlines the course objectives and content for a third year computer networks course. The course covers 6 units that examine network reference models, physical layer concepts, data link layer protocols, medium access control, network layer design issues, transport layer protocols, and the application layer with a focus on DNS and email. The objectives are to understand networking research processes, network protocols, architectures and applications as well as analyze MAC layer protocols and LAN technologies.

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CN Syllabus

This document outlines the course objectives and content for a third year computer networks course. The course covers 6 units that examine network reference models, physical layer concepts, data link layer protocols, medium access control, network layer design issues, transport layer protocols, and the application layer with a focus on DNS and email. The objectives are to understand networking research processes, network protocols, architectures and applications as well as analyze MAC layer protocols and LAN technologies.

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L T P C

III Year – II Semester


4 2 0 3
COMPUTER NETWORKS

OBJECTIVES:

 Understand state-of-the-art in network protocols, architectures, and applications.


 Process of networking research
 Constraints and thought processes for networking research
Problem Formulation—Approach—Analysis—

UNIT – I:
Introduction: Network Topologies WAN, LAN, MAN. Reference models- The OSI Reference
Model- the TCP/IP Reference Model - A Comparison of the OSI and TCP/IP Reference Models

UNIT – II:
Physical Layer – Fourier Analysis – Bandwidth Limited Signals – The Maximum Data Rate of
a Channel - Guided Transmission Media, Digital Modulation and Multiplexing: Frequency
Division Multiplexing, Time Division Multiplexing, Code Division Multiplexing
Data Link Layer Design Issues, Error Detection and Correction, Elementary Data Link
Protocols, Sliding Window Protocols

UNIT – III:
The Data Link Layer - Services Provided to the Network Layer – Framing – Error Control –
Flow Control, Error Detection and Correction – Error-Correcting Codes – Error Detecting
Codes, Elementary Data Link Protocols- A Utopian Simplex Protocol-A Simplex Stop and Wait
Protocol for an Error free channel-A Simplex Stop and Wait Protocol for a Noisy Channel,
Sliding Window Protocols-A One Bit Sliding Window Protocol-A Protocol Using Go-Back-N-A
Protocol Using Selective Repeat

UNIT – IV:
The Medium Access Control Sublayer-The Channel Allocation Problem-Static Channel
Allocation-Assumptions for Dynamic Channel Allocation, Multiple Access Protocols-Aloha-
Carrier Sense Multiple Access Protocols-Collision-Free Protocols-Limited Contention Protocols-
Wireless LAN Protocols, Ethernet-Classic Ethernet Physical Layer-Classic Ethernet MAC
Sublayer Protocol-Ethernet Performance-Fast Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet-10-Gigabit Ethernet-
Retrospective on Ethernet, Wireless Lans-The 802.11 Architecture and Protocol Stack-The
802.11 Physical Layer-The802.11 MAC Sublayer Protocol-The 805.11 Frame Structure-Services

UNIT – V:
Design Issues-The Network Layer Design Issues – Store and Forward Packet Switching-Services
Provided to the Transport layer- Implementation of Connectionless Service-Implementation of
Connection Oriented Service-Comparison of Virtual Circuit and Datagram Networks, Routing
Algorithms-The Optimality principle-Shortest path Algorithm, Congestion Control Algorithms-
Approaches to Congestion Control-Traffic Aware Routing-Admission Control-Traffic
Throttling-Load Shedding.
UNIT – VI:
Transport Layer – The Internet Transport Protocols: Udp, the Internet Transport Protocols: Tcp
Application Layer –The Domain Name System: The DNS Name Space, Resource Records,
Name Servers, Electronic Mail: Architecture and Services, The User Agent, Message Formats,
Message Transfer, Final Delivery

OUTCOMES:
 Understand OSI and TCP/IP models
 Analyze MAC layer protocols and LAN technologies
 Design applications using internet protocols
 Understand routing and congestion control algorithms
Understand how internet works

TEXT BOOKS:
Tanenbaum and David J Wetherall, Computer Networks, 5th Edition, Pearson Edu, 2010
Computer Networks: A Top Down Approach, Behrouz A. Forouzan, FirouzMosharraf,
McGraw Hill Education

REFERENCE BOOKS:
Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie, “Computer Networks - A Systems Approach” (5th
ed), Morgan Kaufmann/ Elsevier, 2011

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