|
|
IF352 COMPUTER NETWORKS
1. UNIT – I
Data Communication Concepts: Transmission media – Data encoding – Interface and Modems – Multiplexing – Error detection and correction – Digital subscriber line – Circuit switching – Packet switching – Message switching.
2. UNIT – II
Wide Area Networks: ISO – OSI layered architecture – Function of the layers – Data link protocols – HDLC, LAPB, LAPD, Inter networking devices – Repeaters, Bridges, Routers, Routing algorithms – Distance vector routing, link state routing, X.25 protocol, congestion control.
3. UNIT – III
Frame relay and ATM networks: Frame relay operation – layers and traffic control; ATM networks – Architecture switching, layers service classes.
4. UNIT – IV
Local Area Network: LAN topology – Ethernet – Token bus – Token ring – FDDI – Wireless LAN, ATM LAN – IEEE 802 Medium access control layer standard – Random access protocols – ALOHA – Slotted ALOHA.
5. UNIT – V
OSI Layers: Transport layer issues – Session layer – Synchronization – Presentation layer – Encryption, decryption, Application layer – Message handling system, file transfer, virtual terminal – E-mail.
|
| Author: Bala 08 Dec 2007 | Member Level: Diamond Points : 1 |
TEXT BOOK
1. William Stallings, “Data and Computer Communication”, sixth edition, Pearson education Asia, 2000.
REFERENCES
1. Behrouz A, Forouzan, “Data Communication and Networking”, second edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2000.
2. Fred Halsall, “Data Communication, Computer networks and Open Systems”, Fourth edition, Addison Wesley, 1995.
3. Andrew S.Tanenbaum, “Computer networks”, Third edition, PHI, 1996, Chapter 4.
|