003 Syllabus Ec2352 Computer Networks
003 Syllabus Ec2352 Computer Networks
Data Communications Networks - Networks models OSI model Layers in OSI model
TCP / IP protocol suite Addressing Guided and Unguided Transmission media
Switching: Circuit switched networks Datagram Networks Virtual circuit networks-Cable
networks for Data transmission: Dialup modems DSL Cable TV Cable TV for Data
transfer.
UNIT II DATA LINK LAYER
10
Data link control: Framing Flow and error control Protocols for Noiseless and Noisy
Channels HDLC Multiple access: Random access Controlled access Wired LANS : Ethernet
IEEE standards standard Ethernet changes in the standard Fast Ethernet Gigabit
Ethernet.
Wireless LANS : IEEE 802.11Bluetooth. Connecting LANS: Connecting devices - Backbone
networks - Virtual LANS Virtual circuit networks: Architecture and Layers of Frame Relay and
ATM.
UNIT III NETWORK LAYER
Logical addressing: IPv4, IPv6 addresses Internet Protocol: Internetworking IPv4, IPv6
Address mapping ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, ICMP, IGMP, Delivery - Forwarding - Routing
Unicast, Multicast routing protocols.
UNIT IV TRANSPORT LAYER
Domain Name System (DNS) E-mail FTP WWW HTTP Multimedia Network Security:
Cryptography Symmetric key and Public Key algorithms - Digital signature Management of
Public keys Communication Security Authentication Protocols.
TEXT BOOKS
1. Behrouz A. Foruzan, Data communication and Networking, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2006: Unit I
II III IV
2. Andrew S. Tannenbaum, Computer Networks, Pearson Education, Fourth Edition,2003:
Unit V
REFERENCES
1. James .F. Kurouse & W. Rouse, Computer Networking: A Top down Approach Featuring the
internet , 3/e Pearson Education.