Computer Network Syllabus & Assignment

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GTU Syllabus for Computer Network (150702)

Theory Tutorial Practical Total University Exam

Theory:- 4
Practical:- 2
Total:- 6

University Exam:- 70
Mid sem Exam :- 30
Practical:- 50



1.) Introduction
Uses of computer network, Network hardware, Network software, OSI model, TCP/IP model, Comparison of OSI and TCP/IP model, Example network: The internet, X.25, Frame Relay, ATM, Ethernet, Wireless LANs: 802.11.

2.) The Physical layer
Bandwidth, Maximum data rate of a signal, Guided and unguided transmission media.

3.) The Data Link Layer
Design Issues: Framing, Error control, Flow control, Error detection and correction, Elementary data link protocols: Simplex, stop and wait, Sliding window protocol, HDLC.

4.) The Medium Access Control Sublayer
The channel allocation problem, Multiple Access protocols: ALOHA, CSMA, Collision Free Protocols, Limited Contention Protocols, Wavelength Division Multiple Access Protocols, Wireless LAN protocols, Ethernet: Traditional Ethernet, Switched Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.2: LLC Data link layer switching: Bridges, Local Internetworking, Spanning tree bridges, Remote Bridge, Repeaters, Hub, Switches ,Routers, Gateway, Virtual LANs.

5.) The network Layer
Design Issues: Store and forward packet switching, Service provided to transport layer, Implementation of connection oriented and connection less service, Comparison of virtual circuit and datagram subnets, Routing algorithms, The Optimality principle, Shortest path routing, Flooding, Distance vector routing, Link state routing, Hierarchical routing, roadcast routing, Multicast routing, Routing for mobile host, Routing in ad hoc network, Congestion control algorithms principles, Prevention policies, Congestion control in virtual circuit subnets, Congestion control in datagram subnets, oad shedding, Jitter control quality of service requirements, Techniques for achieving good quality of service, Internetworking: How netwo k can be connected, Concatenated virtual circuit, Connectionless internetworkin , Tunneling, Internetwork routing and fragmentation, The network layer in the internet: The IP protocol, IP addresses, Internet control protocol, OSPF, BGP, Internet multicasting, Mobile IP, IPv6.

6.) The Transport Layer
The transport service: Services provided to the upper layers, Transport service primitives, Socket elements of transport protocols addressing, Connection establishment, Connection release, Flow control, Multiplexing, Crash recovery the transport protocol: UDP, TCP.

7.)The Application layer
DNS: The DNS name space, Resource records, Name servers, Electronic mail: Architecture and services, The user agent, Message formats, Message transfer, Final delivery, World Wide Web: Architectural overview, HTTP.