CS6551 Computer Networks

General info: CS6551  Computer Networks	University – Anna university, Tamil Nadu, India Marks: UNIT 1 to 5 – 9+3 each unit  Period - TOTAL (L:45+T:15): 60 PERIODS
OBJECTIVES: The student should be made to: 1)     Understand the division of network functionalities into layers. 2)     Be familiar with the components  required to build different types  of networks 3)     Be exposed to the required functionality at each layer 4)    Learn the flow control and congestion control algorithms
UNIT I- FUNDAMENTALS & LINK LAYER   Building a network Requirements - Layering and protocols - Internet Architecture – Network software – Performance ; Link layer Services  -  Framing - Error Detection - Flow control
UNIT II   - MEDIA ACCESS & INTERNETWORKING Media access control - Ethernet (802.3) - Wireless LANs – 802.11 – Bluetooth - Switching and bridging – Basic Internetworking (IP, CIDR, ARP, DHCP,ICMP )
UNIT III - ROUTING  Routing (RIP, OSPF, metrics) – Switch basics – Global Internet (Areas, BGP, IPv6), Multicast – addresses – multicast routing (DVMRP, PIM)
UNIT IV- TRANSPORT LAYER Overview of Transport layer - UDP - Reliable byte stream (TCP) - Connection management - Flow control - Retransmission – TCP Congestion control - Congestion avoidance (DEC bit, RED) – QoS – Application requirements
UNIT V -  APPLICATION LAYER Traditional applications -Electronic Mail (SMTP, POP3, IMAP, MIME) – HTTP – Web Services – DNS - SNMP
OUTCOMES: At the end of the course, the student should be able to: 1)    Identify the components  required to build different types  of networks 2)      Choose the required functionality at each layer for given application 3)     Identify solution for each functionality at each layer Trace the flow of information from one node to another node in the network.                     4)    Be exposed to the required functionality at each layer 5)    Learn the flow control and congestion control algorithms
TEXT BOOK: 1. Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie, “Computer Networks: A Systems Approach”, Fifth Edition, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2011.
REFERENCES: 1. James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross, “Computer Networking - A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet”, Fifth Edition, Pearson Education, 2009.  2. Nader. F. Mir, “Computer and Communication Networks”, Pearson Prentice Hall Publishers, 2010.   3. Ying-Dar Lin, Ren-Hung Hwang, Fred Baker, “Computer Networks: An Open Source Approach”, Mc Graw Hill Publisher, 2011.  4. Behrouz A. Forouzan, “Data communication and Networking”, Fourth Edition, Tata McGraw – Hill, 2011
Notes from studentfocus.com: Unit-1, Unit-2, Unit-3, Unit-4, Unit-5. Notes from me: CLICK HERE