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CS3591COMPUTER NETWORKSL syllabus

The document outlines the syllabus for a Computer Networks course, detailing objectives, units of study, practical exercises, and expected outcomes. Key topics include the TCP/IP protocol suite, routing algorithms, and application layer protocols. The course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of network layering, data flow, and protocol functions.

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CS3591COMPUTER NETWORKSL syllabus

The document outlines the syllabus for a Computer Networks course, detailing objectives, units of study, practical exercises, and expected outcomes. Key topics include the TCP/IP protocol suite, routing algorithms, and application layer protocols. The course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of network layering, data flow, and protocol functions.

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CS3591 COMPUTER NETWORKS LT P C

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COURSE OBJECTIVES:
 To understand the concept of layering in networks.
 To know the functions of protocols of each layer of TCP/IP protocol suite.
 To visualize the end-to-end flow of information.
 To learn the functions of network layer and the various routing protocols
 To familiarize the functions and protocols of the Transport layer

UNIT I INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION LAYER 10


Data Communication - Networks – Network Types – Protocol Layering – TCP/IP
Protocol suite – OSI Model – Introduction to Sockets - Application Layer protocols:
HTTP – FTP – Email protocols (SMTP - POP3 - IMAP - MIME) – DNS – SNMP

UNIT II TRANSPORT LAYER 9


Introduction - Transport-Layer Protocols: UDP – TCP: Connection Management –
Flow control - Congestion Control - Congestion avoidance (DECbit, RED) – SCTP –
Quality of Service

UNIT III NETWORK LAYER 7


Switching : Packet Switching - Internet protocol - IPV4 – IP Addressing – Subnetting
- IPV6, ARP, RARP, ICMP, DHCP

UNIT IV ROUTING 7
Routing and protocols: Unicast routing - Distance Vector Routing - RIP - Link State
Routing – OSPF – Path-vector routing - BGP - Multicast Routing: DVMRP – PIM.

UNIT V DATA LINK AND PHYSICAL LAYERS 12


Data Link Layer – Framing – Flow control – Error control – Data-Link Layer
Protocols – HDLC – PPP - Media Access Control – Ethernet Basics – CSMA/CD –
Virtual LAN – Wireless LAN (802.11)
- Physical Layer: Data and Signals - Performance – Transmission media- Switching
– Circuit Switching.
45 PERIODS
PRACTICAL EXERCISES: 30 PERIODS
1. Learn to use commands like tcpdump, netstat, ifconfig, nslookup and traceroute.
Capture ping and trace route PDUs using a network protocol analyzer and examine.
2. Write a HTTP web client program to download a web page using TCP sockets.
3. Applications using TCP sockets like: a) Echo client and echo server b) Chat
4. Simulation of DNS using UDP sockets.
5. Use a tool like Wireshark to capture packets and examine the packets
6. Write a code simulating ARP /RARP protocols.
7. Study of Network simulator (NS) and Simulation of Congestion Control Algorithms using NS.
8. Study of TCP/UDP performance using Simulation tool.
9. Simulation of Distance Vector/ Link State Routing algorithm.
10.Simulation of an error correction code (like CRC)

COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the end of this course, the students will be able to:
CO 1: Explain the basic layers and its functions in computer networks.
CO 2: Understand the basics of how data flows from one node to
another.
CO 3: Analyze routing algorithms.
CO 4: Describe protocols for various functions in the network.
CO 5: Analyze the working of various application layer protocols.

TEXT BOOKS TOTAL:75 PERIODS

James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross, Computer Networking, A Top-


Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Eighth Edition, Pearson
Education, 2021.
1. Behrouz A. Forouzan, Data Communications
and Networking with TCP/IP Protocol Suite,
Sixth Edition TMH, 2022

REFERENCES
1. Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie, Computer
Networks: A Systems Approach, Fifth Edition,
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., 2012.
2. William Stallings, Data and Computer
Communications, Tenth Edition, Pearson
Education, 2013.
3. Nader F. Mir, Computer and Communication Networks,
Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 2014.
4. Ying-Dar Lin, Ren-Hung Hwang, Fred Baker,
“Computer Networks: An Open Source
Approach”, McGraw Hill, 2012.
CO’s- PO’s & PSO’s MAPPING
PO’s PSO’s
CO’s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3
1 3 1 2 3 - - - - 1 1 3 1 3 2 1
2 3 2 1 2 2 - - - 2 2 2 1 3 2 3
3 2 2 3 2 1 - - - 3 3 1 2 1 1 3
4 1 3 1 3 1 - - - 1 2 1 1 1 3 1
5 3 3 1 1 2 - - - 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
AVG 2 2 2 2 2 - - - 2 2 2 1 2 2 2
1 - low, 2 - medium, 3 - high, ‘-' - no correlation

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