Unit I: Introduction Concepts 8 lecture hours
Goals and Applications of Networks, Network structure and architecture, The OSI reference
model, services, Network Topology Design - Delay Analysis, Back Bone Design, Local Access
Network Design, Physical Layer Transmission Media, Switching methods, ISDN, Terminal
Handling.
Unit II: Medium Access sub layer 8 lecture hours
Medium Access sub layer - Channel Allocations, LAN protocols -ALOHA protocols - Overview
of IEEE standards - FDDI. Data Link Layer - Elementary Data Link Protocols, Sliding Window
protocols, Error Handling.
Unit III: Network Layer 8 lecture hours
Network Layer - Point - to Pont Networks, routing, Congestion control Internetworking -TCP /
IP, IP packet, IP address, IPv6.
Unit IV: Transport Layer 8 lecture hours
Transport Layer - Design issues, connection management, session Layer-Design issues, remote
procedure call. Presentation Layer-Design issues, Data compression techniques, cryptography -
TCP - Window Management.
Unit V: Application Layer 8 lecture hours
File Transfer, Access and Management, Electronic mail, Virtual Terminals, Other application.
Example Networks - Internet and Public Networks.
Text Books
1. A.S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks(2003), 4 ed, Pearson Education/ PHI. New
Delhi, india.
Behrouz A. Forouzan(2006), Data communication and Networking, Tata McGraw-Hill, India.