UNIT 1:
Building a network, Requirements
Data communication Components
Data representation and Data flow, Networks
Types of Connections , Topologies
Network software , Performance
Transmission Media, Networking Devices
UNIT 2:
Link layer Services, Framing
Error Detection and Error Correction
UNIT 3:
Basic Internetworking (IP, CIDR, ARP, BOOTP, DHCP, ICMP)
Routing(RIP, OSPF, metrics)
Global Internet (Areas, BGP, IPv6)
Implement Dijkstra‘s algorithm to compute the Shortest path through a graph
UNIT 4:
Overview of Transport layer
Reliable byte stream (TCP)
SCTP, Connection management
QoS , Application requirements
UNIT 5:
Electronic Mail (SMTP, POP3, IMAP, MIME)