CS2302 COMPUTER NETWORKS ANNA UNIVERSITY SYLLABUS

CS2302 COMPUTER NETWORKS                                                              

UNIT I                                                                                                                                                

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                                                                                                                                              

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

UNIT III                                                                                                                                 

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                                                                                                                                  

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

UNIT V                                                                                                                                  

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

Total= 45 Periods

TEXT BOOKS :

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