UNIVERSITY OF KERALA - Marian Engineering College
UNIVERSITY OF KERALA - Marian Engineering College
UNIVERSITY OF KERALA - Marian Engineering College
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B.Tech Comp. Sc. & Engg., University of Kerala 61<br />
08.703 COMPUTER NETWORKS 2 – 1 – 0<br />
Module I (12 hours)<br />
Introduction – Uses – Network Hardware – LAN –MAN – WAN, Internetworks – Network Software –<br />
Protocol hierarchies – Design issues for the layers – Interface & Service – Service Primitives. Reference<br />
models – OSI – TCP/IP.<br />
Data Link layer Design Issues – Flow Control and ARQ techniques. Data link Protocols – HDLC. DLL in<br />
Internet.<br />
Module II (13 hours)<br />
MAC Sub layer – IEEE 802 FOR LANs & MANs, IEEE 802.3, 802.4, 802.5. Bridges - Switches - High<br />
Speed LANs - Gigabit Ethernet. Wireless LANs - 802.11 a/b/g/n, 802.15.<br />
Network layer – Routing – Shortest path routing, Flooding, Distance Vector Routing, Link State Routing,<br />
RIP, OSPF, Routing for mobile hosts. Congestion control algorithms – QoS.<br />
Module III (14 hours)<br />
Internetworking – Network layer in internet. IP Addressing – Classless and Classful Addressing. Subnetting,<br />
Internet Control Protocols – ICMP, ARP, RARP, BOOTP. Internet Multicasting – IGMP, Exterior Routing<br />
Protocols – BGP . IPv6 – Addressing – Issues .<br />
Transport Layer – TCP & UDP.<br />
Application layer –DNS, Electronic mail, MIME, SNMP. Introduction to World Wide Web.<br />
VoIP - H.323, SIP standards, Gatekeeper.<br />
Text Books:<br />
1. Computer Networks, 4 th Edn – Andrew S Tanenbaum, PHI.<br />
2. Data Communications and Networking, 4 th Edn – Behrouz A Forouzan, Tata McGraw Hill<br />
Reference Books:<br />
1. Data and Computer Communications , 8 th Edn. – William Stallings, PHI.<br />
2. Hand book of Computer Communications Standards, Vol 1 – Willman Stallings, PHI.<br />
3. An <strong>Engineering</strong> Approach to Computer Networks – Keshav, Addison Wesley.<br />
Internal Continuous Assessment (Maximum Marks-50)<br />
25 Marks - Tests (minimum 2)<br />
15 Marks - Assignments (minimum 3) such as home work, problem solving, literature survey, seminar,<br />
term-project, software exercises, etc.<br />
10 Marks - Regularity in the class<br />
University Examination Pattern<br />
PART A: Short answer questions 10 x 4 marks=40 marks<br />
All questions are compulsory. There should be at least three questions<br />
from each module and not more than four questions from any module.<br />
PART B: Descriptive/Analytical/Problem solving questions 3 x 20 marks=60 marks<br />
Candidates have to answer one question out of two or two questions<br />
out of four from each module.<br />
Maximum Total Marks: 100