UNIT I: Introduction to Data Communications: Components, Data Representation, Data Flow,
NetworksDistributed Processing, Network Criteria, Physical Structures, Network Models, Categories of
Networks Interconnection of Networks, The Internet - A Brief History, The Internet Today, Protocol and
Standards - Protocols, Standards, Standards Organizations, Internet Standards. Network Models,
Layered Tasks, OSI model, Layers in OSI model, TCP/IP Protocol Suite, Addressing Introduction, Wireless
Links and Network Characteristics, WiFi: 802.11 Wireless LANs -The 802.11 Architecture,
UNIT II: Data Link Layer: Links, Access Networks, and LANs- Introduction to the Link Layer, The Services
Provided by the Link Layer, Types of errors, Redundancy, Detection vs Correction, Forward error
correction Versus Retransmission Error-Detection and Correction Techniques, Parity Checks, Check
summing Methods, Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) , Framing, Flow Control and Error Control protocols ,
Noisy less Channels and Noisy Channels, HDLC, Multiple Access Protocols, Random Access ,ALOHA,
Controlled access, Channelization Protocols. 802.11 MAC Protocol, IEEE 802.11 Frame.
UNIT III: The Network Layer: Introduction, Forwarding and Routing, Network Service Models, Virtual
Circuit and Datagram Networks-Virtual-Circuit Networks, Datagram Networks, Origins of VC and
Datagram Networks, Inside a Router-Input Processing, Switching, Output Processing, Queuing, The
Routing Control Plane, The Internet Protocol(IP):Forwarding and Addressing in the InternetDatagram
format, Ipv4 Addressing, Internet Control Message Protocol(ICMP), IPv6
UNIT IV: Transport Layer: Introduction and Transport Layer Services : Relationship Between Transport
and Network Layers, Overview of the Transport Layer in the Internet, Multiplexing and Demultiplexing,
Connectionless Transport: UDP -UDP Segment Structure, UDP Checksum, Principles of Reliable Data
Transfer-Building a Reliable Data Transfer Protocol, Pipelined Reliable Data Transfer Protocols, Go-Back-
N(GBN), Selective Repeat(SR), Connection Oriented Transport: TCP - The TCP Connection, TCP Segment
Structure, Round-Trip Time Estimation and Timeout, Reliable Data Transfer, Flow Control, TCP
Connection Management, Principles of Congestion Control - The Cause and the Costs of Congestion,
Approaches to Congestion Control
UNIT V: Application Layer: Principles of Networking Applications – Network Application Architectures,
Processes Communicating, Transport Services Available to Applications, Transport Services Provided by
the File Transfer: FTP,- FTP Commands and Replies, Electronic Mail in the Internet- STMP, Comparison
with HTTP, DNS-The Internet’s Directory Service – Service Provided by DNS, Overview of How DNS
Works, DNS Records and messages.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Computer Networking A Top-Down Approach – Kurose James F, Keith W, 6thEdition , Pearson,2017.
2. Data Communications and Networking Behrouz A.Forouzan4th Edition McGraw Hill Education,2017.
REFERENCES:
1. Data communication and Networks - Bhusan Trivedi, Oxford university press, 2016
2. Computer Networks -- Andrew S Tanenbaum, 4th Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.
3. Understanding Communications and Networks, 3rd Edition, [Link], Cengage Learning, 2003.
Course Outcomes:
Upon completing this course, the student will be able to
1. Know the Categories and functions of various Data communication Networks.
2. Design and analyze various error detection techniques.
3. Demonstrate the mechanism of routing the data in network layer
4. Know the significance of various Flow control and Congestion control Mechanisms
