Advance Computer Networks(ACN)

GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

B.E. SEMESTER : VIII

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Subject Name: ADVANCE COMPUTER NETWORKS

1. Optical Networking
• Introduction to Optical Networking
• SONET / SDH Standard
• DWDM

2. ATM: The WAN Protocol
• Introducing ATM Technology
• Introducing Faces of ATM
• Explaining the basic concepts of ATM Networking
• Exploring the B-ISDN reference model
• Explaining the Physical Layer
• Explaining the ATM Layer
• Explaining the ATM Adaptation Layer
• Exploring ATM Physical interface
• Choosing an Appropriate ATM Public Service

3. Packet Switching Protocols
• Introduction to Packet Switching
• Introduction to Virtual Circuit Packet Switching
• Introduction to X.25
• Introducing switched multimegabit data service

4. Protocols and Interfaces in Upper Layers of TCP/IP
• Introducing TCP/IP suite
• Explaining Network Layer Protocols
• Explaining Transport Layer Protocol
• Explaining Application Layer Protocol

5. Routing in the Internet
• Introduction to Intra-domain and inter-domain routings
• Unicast Routing Protocols
• Multicast Routing Protocols

6. Other Routing Techniques
• Introduction to traffic Engineering
• IP over ATM
• Multiprotocol Label Switching
• Storage Area Network

7. Network Management and Services
• Introduction to Network Management
• Standard Network Management Protocol

8. Traffic Engineering Basics
• Introduction to traffic Engineering
• Requirement Definition for Traffic Engineering
• Traffic Sizing
• Traffic Characteristics
• Protocols
• Time and Delay Consideration
• Connectivity
• Availability, Reliability, and Maintainability
• Throughput Calculation

9. Multimedia over Internet
• Introduction to Multimedia Services
• Explaining Transmission of Multimedia over the Internet
• Explaining IP Multicasting
• Explaining VOIP

10. Introduction to the Cisco IOS.
• The Cisco Router User Interface
• Command Line Interface (CLI)
• Router and Switch Administrative Functions
• Router Interfaces
• Viewing, Saving, and Erasing Configurations

11. IP Routing.
• Routing Basics
• The IP Routing Process
• Configuration IP Routing in Our Network

12. Dynamic Routing Protocols.
• Routing Protocol Basics
• Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
• Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP)
• Verifying Your Configurations

13. Layer 2 Switching.
• Before Layer 2 Switching
• Switching Services
• Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
• LAN Switch-Types

Test Books:
1. Advance Computer Network, By Dayanand Ambawade, Dr. Deven shah, Prof. Mahendra
Mehra, Wiley India
2. CCNA Intro – Study Guide – Todd Lammle, Sybex

Reference Books:
1. High-Speed Networks and Internets, Performance and Quality of Service, Second Edition,
William Stallings, Pearson

Practical List

Sr. No.	Aim of Practical	Link to Syllabus	Link to Question Bank
1	Write a program to count the occurrences of different letters by reading the given text file and also find the probability of each letter with number of bits required for them using the formula: No. of bits=1/log2 probi	2	--
2	Write a program in C to determine whether the set of given codes is uniquely decodable or not.	1	11
3	Study of Huffman Compression Algorithm	3	2.43
4	Study of Shannon-Fano compression Algorithm	3	2.4
5	Write a program to implement arithmetic coding	5	2.7
6	Write a program to implement lz77 algorithm.	7	13
7	Write a program to implement lz78 algorithm.	2,7	6.18
8	Write a program to implement lzss algorithm.	2,7	6.17
9	Study of Speech Compression.	8	--