Subject Name: COMPUTER NETWORKS

Program : M.C.A.

Semester: II

Total Units: 6

START DATE: 10th JAN 2011

1
 Unit Number: I

Unit Name: Introduction to Computer Networks

TOPICS:
1) Definition
2) Uses
3) Classification of Networks
4) Network Topology and Topography

Allotted Hours: 04

2
 Unit Number: II

Unit Name: Layered Architecture

TOPICS:
1) Layers
2) Protocols and Services
3) ISO/OSI Reference Model
4) Overview of TCP/IP Architecture
5) Application Protocols
6) TCP/IP Utilities

Allotted Hours: 06

3
 Unit Number: III
Unit Name: Review of Data Communications

TOPICS:
1) Signals
2) Line Coding
3) Interfacing
4) Framing
5) Error Control
6) Flow Control
7) HDLC Protocol
8) Switching
Allotted Hours: 10

4
 Unit Number: IV

Unit Name: Media Access Sublayer and LANs

TOPICS:
1) Approaches to Sharing Transmission Medium
2) Random Access Protocols
3) Token Passing Protocols
4) IEEE LAN Standards
5) Bridges
6) MAN (IEEE 802.6)

Allotted Hours: 08

5
 Unit Number: V

Unit Name: Network Layer

TOPICS:
1) Internal Organization of NL
2) Routing Algorithms
3) Congestion Control Algorithms

Allotted Hours: 10

6
 Unit Number: VI

Unit Name: TCP/IP Protocol Suite

TOPICS:
1) IP Packet
2) IP Addressing
3) ARP & RARP
4) TCP
5) UDP

7
 Unit Number: VI

Unit Name: TCP/IP Protocol Suite

TOPICS:
6) DHCP & BOOTP
7) DNS
8) TELNET & RLOGIN
9) SNMP

Allotted Hours: 10

8
Text Books:  

1)Andrew S. Tanenbaum, “Computer Networks”, 4th

Edition, Prentice Hall India 1999.

2) Leon-Garcia and Widjaja, “Communication

Networks”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2000

3) Behrouz A. Forouzan, “TCP/IP Protocol Suite”, Tata

McGraw-Hill, 2000