Data communication concepts, transmission media and topology, Protocol Layers and Service Models OSI and TCP/IP models multiplexing, Circuit switching and packet switching.
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.
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:
Behrouz A. Forouzan, Data Communications and Networking, Fifth Edition TMH, 2013. [Unit I-III]. Behrouz A Forouzan,Debdeep Mukopadhyay, Cryptography & Network Security, 3rd edition, McGraw Hill Education. 2011. [Unit IV]. Mohammad S. Obaidat, Alagan Anpalagan, Handbook of Green information and Communication systems, Elsevier, 2013. [Unit V].
Text Book:
Andrew S Tanenbaum, David. J. Wetherall, Computer Networks, 5th Edition. Pearson Education/PHI Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Fifth Edition, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., 2012. William Stallings, Data and Computer Communications, Tenth Edition, Pearson Education, 2013. Nader F. Mir, Computer and Communication Networks, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 2014. James Kurose and Keith Ross, “Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approachâ€, Seventh (Global) Edition, Pearson Education Ltd., 2015.
