Paper Code: MEEC-607 L T C

Paper: Advanced Computer Networks 4 0 4

INSTRUCTIONS TO PAPER SETTERS: Maximum Marks : 60

3. Question No. 1 should be compulsory and cover the entire syllabus. This question should have
objective or short answer type questions. It should be of 20 marks.
4. Apart from Question No. 1, rest of the paper shall consist of four units as per the syllabus. Every
unit should have two questions. However, student may be asked to attempt only 1 question from
each unit. Each question should be 10 marks

Unit - I
Introduction:
Introduction to Network models-ISO-OSI, SNA, Appletalk and TCP/IP models. Review of Physical layer and
Data link layers, Review of LAN (IEEE 802.3, 802.5, 802.11b/a/g, FDDI) and WAN (Frame Relay, ATM,
ISDN) standards.

Unit- II
Network layer
ARP, RARP, Internet architecture and addressing, internetworking, IPv4, overview of IPv6, ICMP, Routing
Protocols- RIP, OSPF, BGP, IP over ATM.

Unit- III
Transport layer
Design issues, Connection management, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Application layer
WWW, DNS, e-mail, SNMP, RMON

Unit- IV
Network Security: Cryptography, Firewalls, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Virtual Private Networks (VPN).
Study of various network simulators, Network performance analysis using NS2

TEXT BOOKS:
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2. Ed., PHI, 1999.

REFERENCES:
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2. Ed., PHI, 2002.
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3. Ed., Addison Wesley, 1999.
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Scheme of Examination for M.Tech.(Regular & weekend) Programme has been approved by BoS of USICT on dated
28/05/2012 and AC subcommittee on dated 6th July, 2012 and 5th November,2012. This scheme is effective from academic
session 2015-16. Minor correction has been approved in BoS held on 16th September 2015. The correction has been
approved in 40th meeting of Academic Council, dated 1st March, 2016 131