Computers Network and Security

Adichunchanagiri University
(Effective from the Academic Year 2024 -25)
SEMESTER– V
Subject Code 22CS51 CIE Marks 50
Number of Contact Hours/Week 3:2:0:5 SEE Marks 50
Total Number of Contact Hours 50 Exam Hours 3 Hrs
CREDITS – 3
Course Learning Objectives: This course will enable students to:
 Illustrate basic computer network technology.
 Demonstration of application layer protocols.
 Discuss transport layer services and understand UDP and TCP protocols.
 Explain routers, IP and Routing Algorithms in network layer.
 Disseminate the Wireless and Mobile Networks covering IEEE 802.11 Standard
Contact
Module 1 Hours
Introduction: Data Communications, Networks, Network Types. Networks Models: Protocol
10
Layering, TCP/IP Protocol suite, The OSI model. Introduction to Physical Layer-1: Data and Signals,
Digital Signals, Transmission Impairment, Data Rate limits, Performance. Digital Transmission:
Digital to digital conversion (Only Line coding: Polar, Bipolar and Manchester coding)
T1: Chapter 1 RBT: L1, L2, L3

Module 2
Application Layer: Principles of Network Applications: Network Application Architectures,
Processes Communicating, Transport Services Available to Applications, Transport Services Provided
by the Internet, Application-Layer Protocols. The Web and HTTP: Overview of HTTP, Nonpersistent
and Persistent Connections, HTTP Message Format, User-Server. 10
Interaction: Cookies, Web Caching, The Conditional GET, File Transfer: FTP Commands & Replies,
Electronic Mail in the Internet: SMTP, Comparison with HTTP, Mail Message Format, Mail Access
Protocols, DNS; The Internet’s Directory Service: Services Provided by DNS, Overview of How DNS
Works, DNS Records and Messages, Peer-to-Peer Applications: P2P File Distribution, Distributed
Hash Tables, Socket Programming: creating Network Applications: Socket Programming with UDP,
Socket Programming with TCP.
T1: Chapter 2 RBT: L1, L2, L3

Module 3
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 10
Transfer: Building a Reliable Data Transfer Protocol, Pipelined Reliable Data Transfer Protocols, Go-
Back-N, Selective repeat, 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 Causes and the Costs of Congestion,
Approaches to Congestion Control, Network assisted congestion- control example, ATM ABR
Congestion control, TCP Congestion Control: Fairness.
T1: Chapter 3 RBT: L1, L2, L3
 Module 4
The Network Layer: Network Layer Design Issues, Routing Algorithms, Congestion Control
Algorithms, QoS.
Textbook 3: Ch 5.1 to 5.4
10

Module 5
Network Security: Overview of Network Security: Elements of Network Security, Classification of
Network Attacks ,Security Methods ,Symmetric Key Cryptography :Data Encryption Standard
(DES),Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) , Public-Key Cryptography: RSA Algorithm ,Diffie- 10
Hellman Key-Exchange Protocol , Authentication :Hash Function , Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) ,
Digital Signatures , Firewalls and Packet Filtering ,Packet Filtering , Proxy Server .
T2: Chapter 10 RBT: L1, L2, L3
Course Outcomes: The student will be able to :
CO1: Illustrate basic computer network technology.
CO2: Explain principles of application layer protocols
CO3: Recognize transport layer services and infer UDP and TCP protocols
CO4: Classify routers, IP and Routing Algorithms in network layer
CO5: Understand the Wireless and Mobile Networks covering IEEE 802.11 Standard
Question Paper Pattern:
 The question paper will have ten questions.
 Each full Question consisting of 20 marks
 Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
 The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
1. James F Kurose and Keith W Ross, Computer Networking, A Top-Down Approach, Sixth edition, Pearson,2017 .
2. Nader F Mir, Computer and Communication Networks, 2nd Edition, Pearson, 2014.
3. Computer-Networks- Andrew S. Tanenbaum and David J.
Wetherall, Pearson Education, 5thEdition. (www.pearsonhighered.com/tanenbaum)
Reference Books:
1. Behrouz A Forouzan, Data and Communications and Networking, Fifth Edition, McGraw Hill, Indian Edition 171
2. Larry L Peterson and Brusce S Davie, Computer Networks, fifth edition, ELSEVIER
3. Andrew S Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, fifth edition, Pearson
4. Mayank Dave, Computer Networks, Second edition, Cengage Learning.
Reference Links:
1. https://www.acsce.edu.in/acsce/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DC-notes. pdf
2.https://www.studocu.com/in/document/kalinga-institute-of-industrialtechnology/computer networks/application-layer-
class-notes-providedby-teacher/17966362
3. https://www.cs.uic.edu/~jbell/CourseNotes/Networking/Slides/ Chapter_3_V6.0.pdf
4. https://vtu-is-site.web.app/notes/is_not/5sem/cn/Cn%20Module3.pdf
5. https://cvr.ac.in/cse/stud/NOTES/NS/NS.pdf