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DCN _Syllabus

The document outlines a course on Data Communication and Networking, divided into six units covering topics such as data transmission, physical and data link layers, network layer services, routing techniques, and transport/application layers. It includes a list of textbooks and reference materials for further reading. The course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of networking principles and protocols.

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DCN _Syllabus

The document outlines a course on Data Communication and Networking, divided into six units covering topics such as data transmission, physical and data link layers, network layer services, routing techniques, and transport/application layers. It includes a list of textbooks and reference materials for further reading. The course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of networking principles and protocols.

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Course Content

Unit I: DATA COMMUNICATION 04 lecture hours


Introduction, Theoretical Model for Communication, Bandwidth, throughput, Analog and Digital Data
Transmission, Transmission Impairments-Guided transmission media- Wireless Transmission- Line-of-
sight Transmission, data rate Channel Capacity-Band width and Shannon’s capacity equation, Digital
Data Communication Techniques: Asynchronous and Synchronous Transmission, Concept of circuit,
Message, Packet Switching with their timing diagram, Comparison of Switching Techniques.
Unit II: PHYSICAL LAYER 05 lecture hours
Evolution of computer network, Layered Network Architecture, OSI Layer Model, TCP/IP, ATM, three
tier architecture, System Network architecture, Protocols & Standardization, Transmission media,
Topology, Line Discipline , ISDN, Frame relay, Ethernet switches, Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet,
FDDI.
Unit III: DATA LINK LAYER 06 lecture hours
Data link layer services: Error detect and correction techniques, Elementary Data link layer protocols,
sliding window protocols, stop and wait protocol, selective repeat, HDLC ,Multiple access protocols,
TDM, FDM, CDMA Random access protocols: ALOHA, CSMA,CSMA/CD,CSMA/CA. IEEE 802
standards for LAN & WAN: 802.3, 802.4, 802.5, 802.6, 802.2 & their comparison,
Unit IV: NETWORK LAYER 03 lecture hours
Network layer Services, Datagram and Virtual circuit services, IP datagram format and Types of Services,
Datagram encapsulation and Fragmentation, Reassembly and fragmentation. Ip addressing, subnetting
and supernetting.
Unit V: ROUTING TECHNIQUES 07 lecture hours
Routing: Link state routing, distant vector routing, hierarchical routing, multicast routing. Internet
Routing Between Peers (BGP)-Routing Within An Autonomous System (RIP, OSPF). IPv4, IPv6: Frame
formats-Comparison with IPv4. Introduction to ICMP, DHCP and NAT. Network Management: SNMP
and RMON models
Unit VI: TRANSPORT LAYER AND APPLICATION LAYER 09 lecture hours
Transport Layer Services, Relationship with Network Layer, Relationship with Application Layer,
Multiplexing and De multiplexing, UDP, TCP: Header ,Segment Structure, Services, Connection
establishment and termination, Flow control and window size advertising, TCP time out and re-
transmission, Congestion Control, TCP Fairness, Delay Modeling. Application layer protocols:-WWW
and HTTP, FTP, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, RPC, P2P File sharing, Domain Name system (DNS)

Text Books
1. Youlu Zheng and Shakil Akhtar, Networks for Computer Scientist and Engineers, Oxford
2. University Press,2006
3. Behrouz A. Fourouzan ,Data Communications and Networking, 2/e Tat McGrawhill,2000
4. James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross, Computer Networking – A Top-Down Approach
5. Featuring the Internet,2/e Pearson Education ,2003

Reference Books
1. S. Keshav, An Engineering Approach to Computer Networking, Pearson education ,2002
2. F. Halsall, Data Communication, Computer Networks and Open Systems, Addison Wesley, 1996
3. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks , 4/e, Pearson education, 2003
4. Leon-Garcia and I. Widjaja, Communication Networks, Tata McGraw Hill, 2000
5. Bertsekas and Gallagar , Data Networks, 2/e, PHI, 1992
6. Douglas E Comer ,Computer Networks and Internet’s, 2/e Pearson Education,2004
7. Gallo, Computer Communication and Networking Technologies, Thomson Learning

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