NIT Silchar

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering

Lecture Plan

Data Communication and Networks (EC 1307)

Scheme L T P Credit
3 0 0 6
Total Number of Lectures: 38

SL Topics No. of
No. Lecture
Hours
01 Overview of data communication and Networking: Data communications 1
components
02 Data representation (ASCII, ISO etc.), direction of data flow (simplex, half 1
duplex, full duplex)
03 Networks: distributed processing, network criteria, physical structure (type of 2
connection, topology), categories of network (LAN, MAN, WAN)
04 Internet: brief history, internet today; Protocols and standards 1
05 OSI reference model, TCP/IP reference model, their comparative study 2
06 Physical layer: Overview of data (analog & digital), signal (analog & digital), 2
transmission (analog & digital) & transmission media (guided & non-guided)
07 Review of data transmission principles, transmission components 1
08 Different line coding techniques, digital carrier modulation techniques: ASK, 1
PSK, QPSK, QAM, M*ary digital modulation
09 Data compression techniques, TDM, FDM, WDM 2
10 Circuit switching: time division & space division switch, Packet switching 2
11 Data link layer: Types of errors, framing (character and bit stuffing), error 2
detection & correction methods
12 Flow control, Protocols: Stop & wait ARQ, Go-Back-NARQ Selective repeat 1
ARQ, HDLC
13 Point to point protocol, token bus, token ring, Reservation, polling 2
14 Multiple access protocols: Pure ALOHA, Slotted ALOHA, CSMA, 2
CSMA/CD,
15 FDMA, TDMA, CDMA ,Traditional Ethernet, fast Ethernet 2
16 Network layer: Internetworking & devices: Repeaters, Hubs, Bridges, 1
Switches, Router, Gateway
17 Addressing: Internet address, classful address, subnetting 1
18 Routing: techniques, static vs. dynamic routing, routing table for classful 2
address
19 Routing algorithms: Shortest path algorithm, flooding, distance vector 1
routing, link state routing
20 Protocols: ARP, RARP, IP, ICMP, IPV6; Unicast and multicast routing 2
protocols
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21 Transport layer: Process to process delivery; UDP; TCP 2
22 Congestion control algorithm: Leaky bucket algorithm, Token bucket 1
algorithm
23 Application layer: DNS, SMTP, SNMP, FTP, HTTP & WWW 1
24 Introduction to Cryptography, Data Encryption standard 2
25 RSA Algorithm, Digital signature, public keys, IPSec 1

Reference /Text books:

1. Computer Networks A.S.Tanenbaum Pearson Education/PHI, 4th
Ed.
2. Data and Computer Communications W. Stallings PHI/Pearson Education, 5th
Ed.
3. Network for Computer Scientists & Zheng & Akhtar OUP
Engineers
4. Data Communications and Networking B.A. Forouzan TMH, 3rd Ed
5. Data & Computer Communication Black PHI

Reference Books:
1. Data Communication & Miller Vikas
Network
2. Digital & Data Miller Jaico
Communication
3. Understanding Data Shay Vikas
Communication & Network
4. Computer Networking +A Kurose and Rose Pearson Education
top down approach featuring
the internet
5. Communication Networks Leon, Garica, Widjaja TMH
6. Communication Networks Walrand TMH
7. Internetworking with Comer Pearson Education/PHI, 4th
TCP/IP,vol.1,2,3 Ed.