Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU) 2007 B.Tech Electronic Instrumentation

COMPUTER NETWORKS
ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION
EIGHTH SEMESTER

MODULE 1
Network goals- topologies-configuration- concept of internet- ISO-OSI seven layer standard peer processes- functions of every layer- TCP/IP reference model –transmission media-description and characteristics- base band and broad band transmission – synchronous and asynchronous- full duplex, half duplex links- concept of WAP technology

MODULE 2
MODEMS- serial communication standards- X-21 digital interface- need for data link layer- stop and wait sliding window protocol- HDLC-terminal handling- polling- multiplexing- concentration- virtual circuit and data- grams- routing- congestion control

MODULE 3
LAN- base band and broad band LAN’s- carrier sense networks- CSMA/CD- ring network- shared memory- IEEE802 standards- introduction to X-25. Transport layer- design issues- establishing and releasing connection- flow control- buffering-crash recovery- a simple transport protocol on X-25

MODULE 4
Session layer- design problems – data exchange- dialogue management- synchronization-remote procedure call client server model- presentation layer- data presentation- compression –network security- privacy- cryptography- presentation layer in ARPANET

MODULE 5
Application layer- virtual terminal- file transfer protocol- E-mail- introduction to distributed system- ATM – protocol architecture- ATM logical connections- ATM cells – cell transmission- ATM adaptation layer- AAL protocols- basic principles of SDH and SONET

REFERENCES

1. COMPUTER NETWORKS ANDREW S TANNENBAUM
2. COMPUTER NETWORKING KUROSE
3. DATA COMMUICATION HAUSLY
4. COMPUTER NETWORKS, PROTOCOLS
STANDARDS & INTERFACES UYLESS BALACK
5. LOCAL AREA NETWORKS WILLIAM STALLINGS

Earning:   Approval pending.