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Computer Network cOURSE For GTU

This document outlines the course content for a Computer Networking course at Gujarat Technological University. It covers 7 topics: introduction to computer networks and models like OSI and TCP/IP; the physical and data link layers including protocols; medium access control and LAN technologies; the network layer including routing algorithms and protocols; the transport layer focusing on UDP and TCP; and the application layer covering DNS, email, and the World Wide Web. It lists 4 reference books for the course.

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Computer Network cOURSE For GTU

This document outlines the course content for a Computer Networking course at Gujarat Technological University. It covers 7 topics: introduction to computer networks and models like OSI and TCP/IP; the physical and data link layers including protocols; medium access control and LAN technologies; the network layer including routing algorithms and protocols; the transport layer focusing on UDP and TCP; and the application layer covering DNS, email, and the World Wide Web. It lists 4 reference books for the course.

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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

B. E. SEMESTER: V
COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Subject Name: Computer Network

Sr.
Course Content
No.
1. Introduction:
Uses of computer network, Network hardware, Network software, OSI model, TCP/IP
model, Comparison of OSI and TCP/IP model, Example network: The internet, X.25,
Frame Relay, ATM, Ethernet, Wireless LANs: 802.11.

2. The Physical layer:


Bandwidth, Maximum data rate of a signal, Guided and unguided transmission media.

3. The Data Link Layer:


Design Issues: Framing, Error control, Flow control, Error detection and correction,
Elementary data link protocols: Simplex, stop and wait, Sliding window protocol, HDLC.
4. The Medium Access Control Sublayer:
The channel allocation problem, Multiple Access protocols: ALOHA, CSMA, Collision Free
Protocols, Limited Contention Protocols, Wavelength Division Multiple Access Protocols,
Wireless LAN protocols, Ethernet: Traditional Ethernet, Switched Ethernet, Fast Ethernet,
Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.2: LLC Data link layer switching: Bridges, Local
Internetworking, Spanning tree bridges, Remote Bridge, Repeaters, Hub, Switches
,Routers, Gateway, Virtual LANs.

5. The network Layer :


Design Issues: Store and forward packet switching, Service provided to transport layer,
Implementation of connection oriented and connection less service, Comparison of virtual
circuit and datagram subnets, Routing algorithms, The Optimality principle, Shortest path
routing, Flooding, Distance vector routing, Link state routing, Hierarchical routing,
Broadcast routing, Multicast routing, Routing for mobile host, Routing in ad hoc network,
Congestion control algorithms principles, Prevention policies, Congestion control in virtual
circuit subnets, Congestion control in datagram subnets, Load shedding, Jitter control
quality of service requirements, Techniques for achieving good quality of service,
Internetworking: How network can be connected, Concatenated virtual circuit,
Connectionless internetworking, Tunneling, Internetwork routing and fragmentation, The
network layer in the internet: The IP protocol, IP addresses, Internet control protocol,
OSPF, BGP, Internet multicasting, Mobile IP, IPv6.

6. The Transport Layer:


The transport service: Services provided to the upper layers, Transport service primitives,
Socket elements of transport protocols addressing, Connection establishment,
Connection release, Flow control, Multiplexing, Crash recovery the transport protocol:
UDP, TCP.
7. The Application layer:
DNS: The DNS name space, Resource records, Name servers, Electronic mail:
Architecture and services, The user agent, Message formats, Message transfer, Final
delivery, World Wide Web: Architectural overview, HTTP.

Reference Books:

1. Computer network, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Pearson.


2. Introduction to data communication and networking, Behrouz Forouzan, TMH.
3. Computer Network, Natalia Olifer, Victor Olifer, Wiley-India edition.
4. Data and computer communication, William Stallings, Pearson

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