CS2302 COMPUTER NETWORKS syllabus

CS2302                             COMPUTER NETWORKS                L T P C  
                                                                                                                                 3 0 0 3
   
UNIT I                                          9  
Network  architecture  –  layers  –  Physical  links  –  Channel  access  on  links  –  Hybrid
multiple access  techniques  -  Issues  in  the data  link  layer  - Framing – Error correction
and detection – Link-level Flow Control              

UNIT II                                         9
Medium access – CSMA – Ethernet – Token ring – FDDI - Wireless LAN – Bridges and
Switches                    

UNIT III                             9
Circuit switching vs. packet switching / Packet switched networks – IP – ARP – RARP –
DHCP – ICMP – Queueing discipline – Routing algorithms  – RIP – OSPF – Subnetting
– CIDR –  Interdomain  routing – BGP –  Ipv6 – Multicasting   – Congestion avoidance  in
network layer                    

UNIT IV                             9
UDP – TCP – Adaptive Flow Control – Adaptive Retransmission - Congestion control –
Congestion avoidance – QoS                

UNIT V                             9
Email (SMTP, MIME, IMAP, POP3) – HTTP – DNS- SNMP – Telnet – FTP – Security –
PGP - SSH                    

TOTAL= 45 PERIODS

TEXT BOOK:
1.  Larry  L.  Peterson,  Bruce  S.  Davie,  “Computer  Networks:  A  Systems  Approach”,
Fourth Edition, Morgan Kauffmann Publishers Inc., 2009, Elsevier.

REFERENCES:
1.  James  F.  Kuross,  Keith W.  Ross,  “Computer  Networking,  A  Top-Down  Approach
Featuring the Internet”, Third Edition, Addison Wesley, 2004.
2.  Nader F. Mir, “Computer and Communication Networks”, Pearson Education, 2007
3.  Comer, “Computer Networks and Internets with Internet Applications”, Fourth Edition,
Pearson Education, 2005.
4.  Andrew S. Tanenbaum, “Computer Networks”, Sixth Edition, 2003, PHI Learning.
5.  William  Stallings,  “Data  and  Computer  Communication”,  Sixth  Edition,  Pearson
Education, 2000