Kurukshetra University Syllabus for
COMPUTER NETWORKS (CSE –303) 5th Sem
THEORY: 75
UNIT
1
Network
functions, Network Topologies, Network Services, Switching approaches,
Transmission media and systems, multiplexing and signaling techniques, Error
detection and correction, ISDN and BISDN.
Layered
architectures
Example
OSI Reference Model, Overview of TCP/IP architecture, Socket System calls,
SMTP, Electronic mail.
UNIT
2
Peer-To-Peer
Protocols
Protocols,
Service Models and end-to-end requirements, ARQ, Sliding window, RTP, HDLC, PPP
protocols, Statistical multiplexing
MAC
and LAN Protocols
Multiple
access communication, Random Access – ALOHA, Slotted ALOHA, CSMA, CSMA/CD, and
Channelization: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, Channelization in cellular networks, LAN
standards 0 802.11, LAN Bridges.
UNIT
3
Packet
Switching Networks
Packet
Network topology, Datagrams and Virtual Circuits – Structure of Switch /
Router, Connectionless and virtual circuit packet switching,X.25,Routing
Algorithms, ATM Networks, Traffic Management and QoS – FIFO, Priority Queues,
Fair Queuing, Congestion control techniques.
UNIT
4
TCP/IP
Architecture,
Internet Protocols – IP packet, addressing, Subnet Addressing, IP routing,
CIDR, ARP, RARP, ICMP, Reassembly, IPv6, UDP, Transmission control Protocol –
TCP, Reliable stream service, Operation Protocol, DHCP, Mobile IP, Internet
Routing Protocols, Multicast routing.
BOOKS
1. Leon Garrcia and Indra Widjaja: communication Networks
– Fundamentals and Concepts and Key Architectures – TMH 2000.
2. A.S. Tanenbaum: Computer Networks 3/e .PHI, 1997.
3. Frozen, Coombs and Fagan: Introduction to Data
Communication and Networks.TMH, 1999.
4. William Stallings: Data and Communication 5/e .PHI.
