INTRODUCTION TO NETWORKS AND LAYERED ARCHITECTURE
Data communication concepts, transmission media and topology, Protocol Layers and Service Models OSI and TCP/IP models multiplexing, Circuit switching and packet switching.
DATA-LINK LAYER & NETWORK LAYER
Link layer addressing - DLC Services, Data Link Layer Protocols-Wired LANs. Network layer design issues, routing algorithms, Congestion control algorithms, Internetworking, Network layer in the internet (IPv4 and IPv6), Quality of Service.
TRANSPORT LAYER & APPLICATION LAYER
Introduction, Transport Layer Protocols, Elements of transport protocol-Congestion control – Performance issues-The Internet’s Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)- Application Layer protocols Domain name system (DNS), SNMP, World WEB (WWW), HTTP.
Introduction to Cryptography-Threats in Network- Types of Attack-Cryptography Techniques- Substitution Techniques- Transposition Techniques. Firewalls – Types Comparison of Firewall Types; Email Security.
Multimedia applications, Cloud Computation over the Internet, Next generation Internet architectures, Green Communication Networks, and Data Center Networking.
Reference Book:
1 Andrew S Tanenbaum, David. J. Wetherall, Computer Networks, 5th Edition. Pearson Education/PHI.
2 Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Fifth Edition, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., 2012.
3 William Stallings, Data and Computer Communications, Tenth Edition, Pearson Education, 2013.
4 Nader F. Mir, Computer and Communication Networks, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 2014.
5 James Kurose and Keith Ross, “Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach”, Seventh (Global) Edition, Pearson Education Ltd., 2015.
Text Book:
1 Behrouz A. Forouzan, Data Communications and Networking, Fifth Edition TMH, 2013.
2 Behrouz A Forouzan,Debdeep Mukopadhyay, Cryptography & Network Security, 3rd edition,McGraw Hill Education. 2011.
3 Mohammad S. Obaidat, Alagan Anpalagan, Handbook of Green information and Communication systems, Elsevier, 2013.
