SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Programme: B.Tech. Semester: V

Name of the Course: Computer Networks Course Code: SOE-B-CSE-21-502

ASSIGNMENT Submission Date: 15.12.2023

Unit-I
1. What are protocols and Standards?
2. Discuss three important bodies that help standardise data communications.
3. Why is full-duplex transmission more challenging than simplex and half-duplex
transmission?
4. Discuss the differences between mesh and star topology.
5. Explain the OSI model with a diagram and how the TCP/IP model's layers differ from
those of the OSI model.
Unit-II
1. Briefly describe the services provided by the data link layer.
2. Contrast parallel and serial transmission media.
3. What are the advantages of fibre optics over copper as a transmission medium? Is
there any downside to using fibre optics over copper?
4. Explain the introduction and growth of the cellular/mobile telephones,
5. Explain how VRC, LRC, and CRC works.
Unit-III,Unit-IV,and Unit-V
1. List three categories of multiple-access protocols and random-access protocols.
2. What is a Routing algorithm and explain the purpose of RIP and BGP?
3. Explain DNS. Why do we need a DNS system when we can directly use an IP address?
4. Explain the architecture of the Network Layer with a block diagram.
5. Explain any two Congestion control mechanisms.
6. What is a Basic Internetworking IP, and Explain Subnetting and its address types.
7. What is the purpose of POP, DNS, FTP, and FTP in the application layer?
8. Differentiate between TCP and UDP.
9. Illustrate TCP connection establishment and termination with a proper diagram.
10. How is HTTP related to WWW?

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