Course

Unit I

The Internet-The Network Edge, the Network Core, Network Topology, Types of Networks, Delay, Loss, and Throughput in Packet Switched Networks. Protocol Layers and their Service Models. Principles of Network Applications: The Web and HTTP, File Transfer: FTP, Electronic Mail in the Internet, DNS, Peer-to-Peer Applications. Video streaming and Content Distribution Networks.

Unit II

Introduction and Transport Layer Services: Multiplexing and demultiplexing, Connectionless Transport – UDP, Principles of Reliable Data Transfer.

Transport layer – Connection Oriented Transport – TCP, Principles of Congestion Control, TCP Congestion Control. Introduction Network Layer: Virtual Circuit and Datagram Networks, Inside a Router, The Internet Protocol (IP) – Forwarding and Addressing in the Internet, Routing Algorithms, Routing in the Internet, Broadcast and Multicast Routing.

Unit III

The Link Layer and Local Area Networks – Introduction and Services, Error-Detection and Correction Techniques, Multiple Access Protocols – Link-Layer Addressing, Ethernet, Link-Layer Switches. Physical layer: basics of digital & analog signals, data communication, characteristics of media, signal, noise, attenuation, SNR.

Link Virtualization: A Network as a Link Layer, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Introduction to Software Defined Networks,

Case Study: Data center Networking – Architecture and recent trends in Data center networking.

Course Objectives 

• This course introduces the fundamental principles of computer networks including important layers and protocols
• This course will focus on the most important layers including application layer, transport layer, network layer and link layer along with their functionalities.
• This course will help students to understand the design of the computer networks for real-time applications.

Course Outcomes

CO1: Understand the basic architectural components of computer networks and apply mathematical foundations to

solve computational problems in computer networking.

CO2: Apply network application services, protocols and programming for real-world applications.

CO3: Analyze protocols for data transfer mechanisms, buffer management and flow handling mechanisms

CO4: Apply various routing protocols and analyze routing protocols in the event of changes in network topology

CO5: Apply error handling mechanisms and Analyze network access protocols for the design of Local Area Network

CO6: Understand concepts of virtualization and data centric networking.

CO-PO Mapping

Evaluation Pattern: 70:30

*CAT includes Quizzes and Tutorials

*CAL – Can be Lab Assessments, Project, Case Study and Report

**End Semester can be theory examination/ lab-based examination

Textbook(s) 

Kurose J F and Ross K W. “Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach”. Eighth Edition, Pearson Press, 2021. 

Reference(s)

Tanenbaum A S. “Computer Networks”. Sixth Edition, Pearson Education India; 2021.

Larry L. Peterson, ‎Bruce S. Davie, “Computer Networks: A Systems Approach”, Elsevier Science, 2021.

Forouzan B A. “Data Communication and Networking”. Fourth Edition, Tata McGraw Hill; 2017.