KOVAI KALAIMAGAL EDUCATIONAL TRUST

COIMBATORE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY TL 07 (00)

TEA CHI NG P LA N THE O RY
Aca de mic Yea r 20 17 - 20 18

Name of the Faculty:ALWIN R Batch : 2015-2019

Department: IT Semester: 05
Subject & Subject code: COMPUTER NETWORKS 6551

The student should be made to:

Understand the division of network functionalities into layers.
Be familiar with the components required to build different types of networks
Be exposed to the required functionality at each layer
Learn the flow control and congestion control algorithms

Topic Hours
Actual Date of Reason for
Unit * Pedagogy References
FUNDAMENTALS & LINK LAYER Planned Actual Completion deviation

Building a Network B1
Applications 1 1
Classes of Applications;
I Requirements B1
Perspectives
Scalable Connectivity 1 1
Support for Common Services
Manageability
Layering and Protocols B1
Encapsulation 1 1
Multiplexing and De-multiplexing,
Network Software B1
Application Programming Interface(Sockets) 1 1
Example Application
Performance 1 1 B1
Bandwidth and Latency,
Delay Bandwidth Product
High-Speed Networks,
Application Performance Needs

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 Link layer Services B1
Classes of Links 1 1
Encoding (NRZ, NRZI,Manchester, 4B/5B)
Framing B1
Byte-Oriented Protocols (BISYNC, PPP, DDCMP)
1 1
Bit-Oriented Protocols (HDLC)
Clock-Based Framing (SONET)
Error Detection B1
Two-Dimensional Parity,
1 1
Internet Checksum Algorithm ,
Cyclic Redundancy Check
Flow control B1
Stop-and-Wait
1 1
Sliding Window
Concurrent Logical Channels
Total hours 9 - - - -

Unit Total hours allotted Planned date Actual date of Reason for deviation HOD review
by university for for completion completion
completion
I

II Topic Hours
Actual Date of Reason for
Planne * Pedagogy References
MEDIA ACCESS AND INTERNETWORKING Actual Completion deviation
d
Media Access Control (MAC) B1
Preamble
Destination address
Source address
Type
1 1
Body
CRC
Addressing
Transmitter
Receiver
Ethernet 1 1 B1
Physical Properties,
Access Protocol,
Experience with Ethernet

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 Wireless - 802.11/Wi-Fi; B1
Physical Properties
Collision Avoidance
1 1
Distribution System
Frame Format
Bluetooth
Switching and Bridging B1
Datagrams 1 1
Virtual Circuit Switching
Switching and Bridging B1
Source Routing
1 1
Bridges
LAN Switches
Basic Internetworking B1
What Is an Internetwork? 1 1
ServiceModel
Basic Internetworking B1
Global Addresses 1 1
Datagram Forwarding in IP
Basic Internetworking B1
Subnetting and Classless Addressing, 1 1
Address Translation (ARP)
Basic Internetworking B1
Host Configuration (DHCP) 1 1
Error Reporting (ICMP)
Total hours 9 - - - -

Unit Total hours allotted Planned date Actual date of Reason for deviation HOD review
by university for for completion completion
completion
II

Topic Hours
Actual Date of Reason for
Unit Planne * Pedagogy References
ROUTING Actual Completion deviation
d
III Routing 1 1 B1
Network as a Graph
Implementation
Distance Vector (RIP)-

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 Link State (OSPF) B1
Reliable Flooding
Route Calculation 1 1
OSPF
Metrics
Switch basics B1
Global Internet 1 1
Routing Areas
Interdomain Routing (BGP) B1
Challenges in Interdomain Routing
1 1
Basics of BGP
Common AS
Relationships and Policies B1
Integrating Interdomain 1 1
Intradomain Routing
IP Version 6 (IPv6) B1
Historical Perspective,
Addresses and Routing, 1 1
Address Space Allocation,
Address Notation,
Global Unicast Addresses, B1
Packet Format,
Autoconfiguration, 1 1
Advanced Routing Capabilities,
Other Features
Multicast B1
Introduction
Multicast Addresses
1 1
Distance Vector
Multicast routing Protocol (DVMRP, PIM)
PIM-SM,
Interdomail Multicast(MSDP) B1
Source-Specific Multicast (PIM-SSM) 1 1
Bidirectional Trees (BIDIR-PIM)
Total hours 9 - - - -

Unit Total hours allotted Planned date Actual date of Reason for deviation HOD review
by university for for completion completion
completion
III

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 Topic Hours
Actual Date of Reason for
Unit * Pedagogy References
TRANSPORT LAYER Planned Actual Completion deviation

Overview of Transport layer B1

UDP
1 1
TCP
End to End issues,
Segment Format B1
Connection Establishment & Termination
1 1
three-way handshake,
State Transition diagram
TCP- B1
Sliding Window 1 1
Reliable & Ordered Delivery
Flow Control B1
1 1
Triggering Transmission
Adaptive Retransmission B1
Original Algorithm, Karn /Partridge Algorithm,
1 1
Jacobson / Karels Algorithm,
Implementation
1. C B1
ongestion Control
Additive Increase/Multiplicative Decrease 1 1
IV Slow Start
Fast Retransmit & Fast Recovery
Congestion Avoidance B1
DEC bit algorithm
Calculate average queue length 1 1
Threshold value
Probability
2. R B1
1 1
ED, Source-Based Congestion Avoidance
QoS B1
Application Requirements
Constant bit rate (CBR)
Variable bit ratereal-time (VBR-rt) 1 1
Variable bit ratenonreal-time (VBR-nrt)
Available bit rate (ABR)
Unspecified bit rate (UBR)
Total hours 9 - - - -

Unit Total hours allotted Planned date Actual date of Reason for deviation HOD review
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 by university for for completion completion
completion
IV

Topic Hours
Actual Date of Reason for
Unit * Pedagogy References
APPLICATION LAYER Planned Actual Completion deviation

Traditional applications ; B1
Electronic Mail (SMTP, MIME, IMAP)
World Wide Web (HTTP) 1 1
V Name Service (DNS)
Network Management (SNMP)
Electronic Mail B1
SMTP 1 1
POP3
Electronic Mail B1
IMAP 1 1
MIME
HTTP B1
Request Messages
1 1
Response Messages
Uniform Resource Identifiers
TCP Connections B1
1 1
Caching
Web Services B1
Custom Application Protocols 1 1
Defining Application Protocols
Defining Transport Protocols B1
Standardizing Web Services Protocols 1 1
A Generic Application Protocol (REST)
DNS B1
Domain Hierarchy
1 1
Name Servers
Name Resolution
SNMP 1 1 B1
System
Interfaces
Address translation
IP
TCP
UDP

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 Total hours 9 - - - -

Unit Total hours allotted Planned date Actual date of Reason for deviation HOD review
by university for for completion completion
completion
V

TEXT BOOK:
B1. Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Fifth Edition, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2011.

REFERENCES:
R1. James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross, Computer Networking - A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Fifth Edition, Pearson Education, 2009.
R2. Nader. F. Mir, Computer and Communication Networks, Pearson Prentice Hall Publishers, 2010.
R3. Ying-Dar Lin, Ren-Hung Hwang, Fred Baker, Computer Networks: An Open Source Approach, Mc Graw Hill Publisher, 2011.
R4. Behrouz A. Forouzan, Data communication and Networking, Fourth Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2011.

Pedagogy:

Verify List of Pedagogy TL 06

Faculty HOD Principal

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