Amritsar College of Engineering & Technology, Amritsar, Punjab, INDIA

NAAC - A grade, NBA accredited courses(2009-12, 2016-18), UGC Autonomous College

Course Code: AGCS-21304

Course Name: Computer Networks
TOPIC: Introduction to subject

Er. Jaspreet Singh

Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science and Engineering

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 Syllabus

Part Content CO
Introduction to Computer Networks: Data communication
system and its components, protocols and standards, line
configuration, topologies (Mesh, Star, Tree, Bus, Ring and
Hybrid).
Transmission Mode: Simplex and duplex, categories of
computer networks: LAN, MAN, WAN, wireless and wired CO-1
networks, broadcast and point to point networks.
Network Software: Concept of layers, protocols, interfaces and
services, ISO-OSI reference model, TCP/IP Protocol Suite.
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Physical Layer: Concept of analog & digital signal, frequency

spectrum and bandwidth, bit interval and bit rate, sampling,
Nyquist formula, Shannon formula.
Transmission Media and Impairments: Twisted pair, coaxial CO-2
cable, fiber optics, wireless transmission (radio, microwave,
infrared), attenuation, distortion, noise.

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 Syllabus
Data Link Layer: Design issues, framing, checksum, error detection and
correction Codes (VRC, LRC, and CRC, hamming code).
Flow Control and Error Control: Stop and wait, sliding window protocol,
ARQ, Stop & Wait ARQ, Go-back-N ARQ, selective repeat ARQ.
Data link protocols and Medium Access Sub-Layer: HDLC and PPP, static
II and dynamic channel allocation. CO-3
Random Access: ALOHA, CSMA protocols, controlled access, polling, token
passing, IEEE 802.3 frame format, Ethernet cabling, collision detection in
802.3, binary exponential back off algorithm, token bus, token ring.

Switching: Circuit switching, message switching, packet switching & their

comparisons.
Network Layer: Network and Internetworking devices, repeaters, bridges,
routers and gateways.
Routing Algorithms and Congestion Control: distance vector and link state CO-4
routing, design issues, IPv4 classful and classless addressing,
III
ARP,RARP,ICMP,IGMP, subnetting, principles of congestion control,
congestion prevention policies, leaky bucket and token bucket algorithms.

Transport Layer: Duties of transport layer, introduction to TCP/UDP protocols and

their comparison.
Session Layer: Session and Transport layer interaction, synchronization points,
session protocol data unit. CO-5
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Presentation Layer: Translation, encryption and decryption
techniques, authentication, data compression.
Application Layer: WWW, DNS, E-mail, Protocols-FTP, SMTP,
TFTP, TELNET, DHCP, HTTP, HTTPs.
IV Network Security: Introduction to network security, various CO-6
security techniques, Benefits of security

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 Course Outcomes (COs)
Understand the basic concepts of networks and functions of
different layers of OSI & TCP/IP
reference models.
Understand the working of physical layer and various
transmission media.
Understand data flow control protocols & error control
mechanism.
Understand routing and congestion in network layer, routing
algorithm and addressing.
Understand the working of TCP, UDP and Session Management.
Explore the various application layer protocols and issues related
to network security.

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 Internal Evaluation
 2 Assignments (24 marks each)
Assignment 1 from CO1,CO2,CO3
Assignment 2 from CO4,CO5,CO6

 2 Sessionals (24 marks each)

Test 1 from CO1,CO2,CO3

Test 2 from CO4,CO5,CO6

 Internal Upgradation Test :

If you Missed Test 1 Give IUT 1
If you Missed Test 2 Give IUT 2
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 Sessional Exam Methodology
Section A + Section B Sessional Test 1
Section C + Section D Sessional Test 2

Max Marks : 30 Max time : 02:00 Hours

Day 1 Paper1 (Morning) + Paper2 ( Evening)

(Monday )

Day 2
Day 3 Paper3 (Morning) + Paper4 ( Evening)
(Wednesday)
Day 4
Day 5 Paper5 (Morning) + Paper6 ( Evening – if any)
( Friday )
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 Subject Title : Computer networks Lab
Subject Code : AGCS-21308

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 List of Practical

Part A
 Familiarization with Networking Components and devices: LAN
Adapters, Hubs, Switches, Routers
 Co-axial cable, UTP Cable, Crimping Tool, Connectors etc.
 Preparing straight and cross cables.
 Implementation of various LAN topologies using network devices,
cables and computers.
 Configuration of TCP/IP Protocols in Windows.
 Implementation of file and printer sharing.
 Subnet planning and its implementation
 Remote Access and Monitoring
 Generating IP addresses range using Subnet-mask calculator and
Implementation of Who-is Domain tools
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 Part B
Implementing encryption techniques using C++.
Application for sharing files through Wi-Fi

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 Lab Evaluation
Subject lab is divided into two parts

 Part – A ( Continues Practical Evaluation )

 Part - B ( Application Development )

Part - A : Regular machine exercises or programs will be evaluated on continues

basis
which will accumulate to internal practical marks ( 30 Marks )

Part – B : A Small Project/Application will be assigned to a group of 3 students

on the
basis of which the external practical marks will be evaluated ( 20
Marks ).

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 What is a Computer Network?
 Computer network, two or more computers that are connected
with one another for the purpose of communicating data
electronically over transmission lines/Media.

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 Types of networks are

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 Three basic types of networks are:

Local area networks (LANs)–connects computers

that reside in a single geographic location on the
premises of the company that operates the LAN.

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 Metropolitan area network (MAN)
 A metropolitan area network (MAN) is a computer network that
connects computers within a metropolitan area, which could be
a single large city, multiple cities and towns, or any given large
area with multiple buildings. A MAN is larger than a
local area network (LAN) but smaller than a
wide area network (WAN).

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 MAN vs. CAN
A campus area network (CAN) is a large network that
connects multiple buildings on a school or business
campus. CANs may also be considered MANs, since
they connect multiple LANs but are not large enough
to be considered a WAN.

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 Network Types
Wide area networks (WANs)–connects computers
at different geographic sites.

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 Basic Terminologies
 Internets–The Internet is a massive network of networks,
a networking infrastructure. It connects millions of computers
together globally, forming a network in which any computer
can communicate with any other computer as long as they are
both connected to the Internet.

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 World Wide Web
 The World Wide Web (WWW), commonly
known as the Web, is an information
system where documents and other web
resources are identified by Uniform
Resource .

• The World Wide Web (WWW) is

combination of all resources and
users on the Internet that are
using the Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP).

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 Reference Books:
1.Computer Networks, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Pearson
Education.
2.Data Communication & Networking, Behrouz A. Forouzan,
Tata McGraw Hill.

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 THANKS

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