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CONTENTS UNIT I: Data communications fundamentals

Network Hardware -LAN, WAN, MAN, Wireless network, Internetwork. Network Software -Protocol Hierarchy, Design issues of the layer, connection oriented and connectionless services, Reference Models -OSI & TCP/IP model.

UNIT II: Physical & Data Link Layer

Theoretical Basis for Data communication -Fourier analysis, bandwidth Limited Signals, maximum data rate of channel. Guided Transmission media, Wireless Transmission, Communication satellites, PSTN. Data link layer design issues, Error Detection & Correction Codes, Elementary Data Link Protocols, Sliding window protocols -one bit sliding window protocol, A protocol using go back N, A protocol using selective Repeat.

UNIT III: Network Layer & Medium AccessControl

Multiple accessprotocol -ALOHA, CSMA protocol, WDMA protocol, Wireless LAN protocol, Ethernet, Wireless LAN, Broadband wireless, Blue-tooth, Network layer design issues, Internetworking. UNIT IV: Transport & Application Layer The transport services- Services provided to upper layers, Transport services primitives, Berkeley Socket Simple transport protocol, DNS -The Domain naming System, EMail.

UNIT IV: Network Security

Cryptography, Symmetric Key Algorithms. Public Key Algorithm -RSA, DSA, Digital signature. Communication Security -Firewalls, E- mail security -POP ,PEM.

References
Glover, I.A. and P.M.-Grant Digital Communication-lIE-PHI, 1998 Andrew S. Tanenbum -Computer Networks-41E PHI-2003 3 William Stallings -Data and Computer Communication -7 IE-PHI-l 999 and Network Security Principle and 4 William Stallings -Cryptography Practice, =3/EPHI-2003 5, Uyless D.Black, Linden VA -Computer Networks: Protocols, Standards and Interface, -2/E-PHI

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