NC 501 –Networking and

Communication
Dr. Amrita Mishra
IIIT Bangalore
About Instructor
• Email ID : amrita.mishra@iiitb.ac.in
• Office : 134-G
• Appointment : By email

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About TAs
• To be updated soon!

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Class Schedule
• Tuesdays and Thursdays - 3:30-5:00 p.m.
• Tutorial sessions/ Extra-classes (if any): pre-announced
• Notes/Slides (Non-annotated)/Assignments – LMS

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Resources & Acknowledgements
• Textbook : Kurose and Ross, “Computer Networking: A Top Down
Approach” 6th/7th edition
http://www-net.cs.umass.edu/kurose-ross-ppt-6e/
• Slides
▪ Profs. Kurose and Ross
▪ Prof. Debabrata Das
• Coursera: Fundamentals of Network Communication by Prof. Xiabo
Zhou, UCCS
• B. Sklar, “Digital Communications: Fundamentals and applications”,
Prentice Hall
• J. G. Proakis and M. Salehi, “Communication Systems Engineering”,
Prentice Hall
• Image Sources - Google
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Marks Distribution
• Total = 100 points
• Mid-Term (#1) : 25 points
• End-Term (#1) : 30 points
• Quizzes (#2) : 20 points
• Assignments (#2) : 10 points
• Course Project Research/Programming Oriented (#1) : 10 points
• Classroom participation : 5 points

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Disclaimers

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Disclaimers (Contd)
• Honesty over Intelligence!
• Questions unanswered in class or left as reading HW – WILL come in
exams! ☺
• Learning – Two way street
• Classroom teaching – Tip of the iceberg
• Occam’s razor
• Have fun!

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Policies
• No late submission
• You may be excused from an exam only with an Institute approved
condition, with proof and prior permission from competent authority
• Cheating & Plagiarism: Strong penalty. ZERO TOLERANCE
First offense: Zero in the exam/assignment.
Second offense: Will lead to failure in the course.

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Quick checks – for me
1. Have you studied computer networks (CN) in UG?
A. Yes B. No C. Can’t recollect

2. How interesting do/did you find CN?

A. Very Interesting B. Moderately interesting C. Okay types

3. Do you have a prior industry/working experience in the area of

networking?
A. Yes B. No

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What do you think should be the course objectives
of studying Networking and Communication?

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What are the main challenges which fuel
innovation in N&C?

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NC 501 - Course Objectives

• Understand the ‘atoms’ of networking and communication – 5 layers

of IP protocol stack required for “building” a network

• Identify key challenges in problems and appreciate the solutions

• Connect the dots (backwards) and look at the BIG PICTURE (and
fingers crossed with awe)

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Then and now!

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Network Architecture Evolution

Information transfer
1.0E+14
?
bits per second
1.0E+12

1.0E+10

1.0E+08

1.0E+06

1.0E+04

1.0E+02

1.0E+00
1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 2000

Telegraph Telephone Internet, Optical Next

networks networks & Wireless Generation
networks Internet

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How does a future xG network look like?

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Net. & Comm. – Why is it so important?
• Any IT System (Router, Server, Storage, IoT, Mobile, Laptop, PC, etc.)
→ Broadly 3 Layers

• Application Services - E-Commerce, Email, Browsing, Entertainment,

E-Governance, Chat, IoT Applications, etc.

• Operating system - Interface Between Application and Hardware –

Linux, Windows, Android, iOS, etc.

• Hardware - Storage, CPU, Network Transmitter and Receiver etc.;

All these 3-Layers of ANY IT System does
ONLY 3-Functions! What
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3 Functions of IT System → 3C
• 1st C → Conservation - of information (1, 0): storage, RAM, hard disk, back
up etc.
• 2nd C → Computation - of information: algorithms, machine learning and AI
etc. for computing
• 3rd C → Communication – of information: from IoT or Mobile to Data
Centre through base station, WiFi, multiple routers, switches and vice versa

• All of us know, Information Without Communication to Another has NO

value → Hence, Networking and Communication is a Very Important
Domain!

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Why Networking and Communication is Important → Touches all aspects
of day to day of life!

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Today’s truth

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Tomorrow’s reality

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One of the most important questions
• When is the time?

• NOW!!!

• Several applications of modern communication systems in almost ALL

industries

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