06CS64/IS665 - Computer Networks – II |
PART – A |
UNIT 1 |
PACKET-SWITCHING NETWORKS – 1: Network services and internal
network operations; Packet network topology; Datagrams and virtual circuits;
Routing in packet networks; Shortest-path routing; ATM networks. |
UNIT 2 |
PACKET-SWITCHING NETWORKS – 2, TCP / IP - 1: Traffic
management at the packet level; Traffic management at the flow level;
Traffic management at the flow-aggregate level. The TCP / IP architecture;
The Internet protocol. |
UNIT 3 |
TCP / IP - 2: IPv6; User datagram protocol; Transmission control protocol;
Internet routing protocols; Multicast routing; DHCP, NAT, and Mobile IP. |
UNIT 4 |
ATM NETWORKS: Why ATM? BISDN reference model; ATM layer;
ATM adaptation layer; ATM signaling; PNNI routing; Classical IP over
ATM. |
PART – B |
UNIT 5 |
NETWORK MANAGEMENT, SECURITY: Network management
overview; SNMP; Structure of Management information; MIB; Remote
network monitoring. Security and cryptographic algorithms; Security
protocols; Cryptographic algorithms. |
UNIT 6 |
QoS, Resource Allocation, VPNs, Tunneling, Overlay Networks:
Overview of QOS; Integrated services QoS; Differentiated services QoS;
Resource allocation.Virtual Private Networks; Multiprotocol Label
switching; Overlay networks. |
UNIT 7 |
COMPRESSION OF DIGITAL VOICE AND VIDEO, VOIP,
MULTIMEDIA NETWORKING: Overview of data compression; Digital
voice and compression; Still images and JPEG compression; Moving images
and MPEG compression; Limits of compression with loss; Compression
methods without loss; Case Study: FAX compression for transmission.
Overview of IP telephony; VoIP signaling protocols; Real-Time media
transport protocols; Distributed multimedia networking; SCTP. |
UNIT 8 |
MOBILE AD-HOC NETWORKS, WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS:
Overview of wireless adhoc networks; Routing in adhoc networks; Routing
protocols for adhoc networks; security of adhoc networks. Sensor networks
and protocol structures; Communication energy model; Clustering protocols;
Routing protocols; Zigbee technology and IEEE 802.15.4 |
REFERENCE |
TEXT BOOKS: |
1. Communication Networks – Fundamental Concepts and Key
architectures – Alberto Leon-Garcia and Indra Widjaja:, 2nd
Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2004.
2. Computer and Communication Networks – Nader F. Mir:, Pearson
Education, 2007.
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Reference Books |
1. Data Communications and Networking – Behrouz A. Forouzan –
4th Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2006.
2. Data and Computer Communication – William Stallings – 8th
Edition, Pearson Education, 2007.
3. Computer Networks A Systems Approach – Larry L. Peterson
and Bruce S. David – 4th Edition, Elsevier, 2007.
4. Introduction to Data Communications and Networking – Wayne
Tomasi – Pearson Education, 2005. |