CSE511 Advanced Computer Networks L T P C

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Course :
Prerequisites

Objective
To go beyond the basic level of understanding that is typically offered at an undergraduate
networking course.
Expected Outcome
On completion of course students will be able to understand the fundamental concepts in
routing and addressing, transport protocols and congestion control, emerging distributed
applications, and wireless networking.
Unit No. I Networking Standards And Specification 9 hours
Networking standards and specifications, Need for standardization, ISO and the IEEE
standards, The IEEE 802 Project
Unit No. II Overview of OSI and TCP/IP Protocol Suite 9 hours
Layers in the OSI model, TCP/IP protocol suite, Physical layer addressing, Network layer
addressing, Client-Server model.
Unit No. III Addressing And Routing 9 hours
IP Addresses: Classful addressing, Subnetting/Supernetting, Classless Addressing, Delivery and
routing of IP packets, Interior and Exterior routing.
Unit No. IV TCP/IP Protocol Suite 9 hours
Socket Interface, Internet Protocol (IP), ICMP and ARP, Transport Layer Protocols − TCP and
UDP, Congestion control and Quality of Service, File Transfer protocols − FTP and TFTP,
SMTP, SNMP, BOOTP and DHCP, Domain Name System, Mobile IP. Routing protocols −
RIP, OSPF, BGP.
Unit No. V Ad Hoc Wireless Networks 9 hours
Cellular and Ad hoc wireless networks, Applications of Ad hoc wireless networks, issues in ad
hoc wireless networks, issues in designing a routing protocol for ad hoc wireless networks,
Classification of routing protocols, Security in ad hoc wireless networks.

Text / Reference Books

1. Behrouz A. Forouzan, “TCP/IP Protocol Suite”, 4th edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2010.
2. W. Richard Stevens, “TCP/IP Illustrated, The Protocols”, 2nd edition, Pearson Education,
2011.
3. C. Siva Ram Murthy, B.S. Manoj, “Ad hoc Networks-Architectures and protocols”, 3rd
edition, Pearson Education, 2007.
4. Andrew S. Tenenbaum, “Computer Networks” 4th edition, Prentice Hall, 2011.
5. D. E. Comer, “Internetworking with TCP/IP Principles, Protocols and Architecture”,
Volume - I, Pearson Education, 2009.

Mode of Evaluation : Tests, Assignments and Seminar.

Recommended by the Board of Studies on:

Proceedings of the 29th Academic Council [26.4.2013] 411