Syllabus - Data Communication & Computer Networks (EI 702 (A))

Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering

Data Communication & Computer Networks (EI 702 (A))

VII-Semester

Unit-1

Introduction to computer network

Network uses, Hardware and software .Types of network .Structure and architecture. Seven layers OSI reference model & TCP-IP reference model. Services and interfaces. Circuit switching, packet switching and hybrid switching.

Unit-2

Data transmission and its types, Wireless transmission, Characteristic, Capacity Speed & Delay of transmission, Bandwidth, Data rate, Throughput serial and parallel communication, Synchronous and Asynchronous communication. Simplex and Duplex communication.

Unit-3

Physical layer

Transmission media, Terminals modems. Digital transmission, switching methods. Multiplexing, Medium access sub layers, Local area networks protocols. IEEE standards 802.3, 802.4 & 802.5.

Unit-4

Data link layer & network layer

Design issues. Elementary data link protocol, Sliding window protocol. Routing algorithms. Traffic monitoring, Bridge and gateways. ATM.

Unit-5

Design and Performance issues and protocols of Transport layer, Session layer, Presentation layer & Application layer

DNS, SNMP (Simple network management protocol) .Network security.

Practicals

Reference Books

  • Tanenbaum A S., Computer networks, 4th Edition, Pearson Education

  • Martin James, Computer Network & Distributed processing, Pearson Education

  • Gallo, Hancock, Computer Communications and Networking Technologies.

  • Behrouz A. Forouzen, Data communication and Networking.