Outline of Course
Sr No.
|
Topic
|
Minimum No. of Hour
|
1
|
Data Communications
|
06
|
2
|
Communication Network Fundamentals
|
08
|
3
|
Media Access Control
|
06
|
4
|
Networking Components
|
06
|
5
|
Link Control and MAC Protocols
|
05
|
6
|
Local Area Networks (LAN)
|
05
|
7
|
Wide Area Networks (WAN)
|
08
|
8
|
Application Protocols
|
08
|
9
|
Wireless Networks
|
03
|
10
|
Security and Management
|
05
|
Lectures
|
60
|
|
Practical/tutorials
|
60
|
|
Total
|
120
|
|
Introduction, Communication Systems, Signal and data, Transmission modes,
Synchronous and asynchronous transmission, Circuits, channels and multichanneling,
Signaling, Encoding and decoding, Error detection and Recovery, Flow control, Sliding
Window, Congestion Management, Multiplexing [FDM, TDM, CDM, WDM] and Spreading
[DS. FH], Concept of Modulation, Baseband versus Broadband; Pulse Code Modulation
(PCM), Shift Keying [ASK, FSK, PSK, QPSK, DPSK]; Encoding techniques and CODEC;
Classification of Modems, Standards and Protocols, Protocols used by Modem to Transfer
files, Establishing a Connection (Internet connectivity); Digital Subscriber Loop (DSL)
2. Communication Network Fundamentals (08 Hrs.)
Introduction, Switching techniques: Circuit Switching, Packet switching, Datagram, Virtual
circuit and Permanent Virtual Circuit, Connectionless and connection oriented
communication, Message switching, Cell switching (ATM); Telephone network signaling
Network topologies, Layering the communication process, Open Systems Interconnection
(OSI) model, Data encapsulation; Protocols, services and layering, PDU/SDU; TCP/IP suite,
Hour-glass model, Internet Architecture and Protocol overview.
3. Media Access Control (06 Hrs.)
Introduction, Access Techniques (STDM, FDMA, TDMA, Spread Spectrum techniques
and CDMA, DSSS, FHSS); Media Access Control: Aloha and Slotted Aloha, Media Access
Control Address, Polling, CSMA, CSMA/CA, CSMA/CD and Reservation Aloha, Digital
hierarchies [SONET/SDH]
4. Network Components (06 Hrs.)
Introduction, LAN Hardware, LAN Operating Systems, Transmission Media: Guided Media
(Twisted pair, Co-axial cable, Optical fiber); Unguided Media (Radio, VHF, microwave,
satellite, Infrared); Fiber Optics Communication Components (Source, Channel Detector.
.
5. Link Control and MAC Protocols (05 Hrs.)
Framing, Error Detection and Correction; Window-based Flow Control; Logical Link Control,
HDLC Protocol, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), X.25 CCITT standard for packet data
transmission; Media access control, Random Access Techniques, Scheduling Mechanisms.
6. Local Area Network (LAN) (05 Hrs.)
LAN topologies and protocols; IEEE 802 Standard; Ethernet (Standard, Fast, Gigabit), Token
Ring, FDDI, Wireless LANs (802.11x);
Connecting LANs: Repeaters, Bridges, Switches, Routers; Virtual LANs
7. Wide Area Network (WAN) (08 Hrs.)
Network Layer Addressing and Routing concepts (Forwarding Function, Filtering Function);
Routing Methods (Static and dynamic routing, Distributed routing, Hierarchical Routing);
Distance Vector Protocol, Link State protocol, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF);
Internet Protocol (IP): Addressing & Routing; Internet Control Message Protocol, (ICMP),
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP), Network
Address Translation (NAT), IPv6, Mobile IP
Process-to-Process delivery in Transport Layer: User Datagram Protocol (UDP),
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), congestion control
8. Application Protocols (08 Hrs.)
Client/Server Model, Network File System (NFS), Remote Login: Telnet; File Transfer
Protocol (FTP), Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP); E-mail system: Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol (SMTP), Post Office Protocol (POP); World Wide Web (WWW), Domain Name
System (DNS), DNS servers; Hyper Text system: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP),
Hyper Text markup Language (HTML)
9. Wireless Networks (03 Hrs.)
Radio Communications, Cellular Radio, Mobile Telephony (GSM & CDMA), Satellite
Networks (VSAT), Mobile Adhoc Networks (MANET).
10. Security and Management (05 Hrs.)
Cryptography, IPsec, SSL/TLS, PGP, secure HTTP, proxy, firewall, VPN; Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP), Network policies.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
MAIN READING
1. Behrouz A Forouzan, “Data Communication and Networking”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2008
2. William Stallings, “Data and Computer Communications”, Pearson Education, 2008.
3. Rajneesh Agrawal and Bharat Bhushan Tiwari, “Data Communication and Computer
Networks”, Vikas Publishing house Ltd. , 2005.
4. Tomasi Wayne, “Introduction to Data Communications and Networking”, Pearson
Education, 2007.
SUPPLEMENTARY READING
1. A. S. Tanenbaum, “Computer Networks”, Fourth Edition, Pearson Education.
2. A. Leon-Gracia and I. Widjaja, “Communication Networks”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2004.
3. K. Pahlavan and P. Krishnamurthy, “Principles of Wireless Networks”, EEE/ Prentice
Hall of India, 2003.
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