CS2302 Computer Networks – Syllabus

CS2302 COMPUTER NETWORKS -– Syllabus
 Year: III                                                    Semester: V

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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”,

Third Edition, Morgan Kauffmann Publishers Inc., 2003.

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, 2003.

4. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, “Computer Networks”, Fourth Edition, 2003.

5. William Stallings, “Data and Computer Communication”, Sixth Edition, Pearson

Education, 2000