Data Communications & Computer Networks

Syllabus

• UNIT - I
  Introduction: Data Communications, Networks, The Internet, Protocols and Standards, Network Models, Layered Tasks, The OSI Model, Layers in the OSI Model, TCP/IP Protocol Suite, Addressing, Physical Layer and Media, Data and Signals, Analog and Digital, Periodic Analog Signals, Digital Signals, Transmission impairment, Data Rate Limits, Performance, Digital Transmission, Digital-to-Digital Conversion, Analog to - Digital Conversion, Analog Transmission, Digital-to-Analog Conversion, Analog-to-Analog Conversion
  UNIT - II
  Bandwidth utilization: Multiplexing and Spreading, Multiplexing, Spread Spectrum, Transmission Media, Guided Media, Unguided Media: Wireless, Switching, Circuit-Switched Networks, Datagram Networks, Virtual-Circuit Networks, Structure of a Switch, Using Telephone and Cable Networks for Data Transmission, Telephone Networks, Dial-up Modems, Digital Subscriber Line, Cable TV Networks, Cable TV for Data Transfer
  UNIT - III
  Error Detection and Correction, Introduction, Block Coding, Liner Block Codes, Cyclic Codes, Checksum, Data Link Control, Framing, Flow and Error Control, Protocols, Noiseless Channels, HDLC, Point-to-Point Protocol, Multiple Access, Random Access, Aloha, Controlled Access, Channelization, IEEE Standards, Standard Ethernet, Changes in the Standard, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth
  UNIT - IV
  Connecting LANs, Backbone Networks, and Virtual LANs, Connecting Devices, Backbone Networks, Virtual LANs, Cellular Telephony, Satellite Networks, SONET/SDH, Architecture, SONET Layers, SONET Frames, STS Multiplexing, SONET Networks, Virtual Tributaries, Virtual-Circuit Networks: Frame Relay and ATM, Frame Relay, ATM, ATM LANs
  UNIT - V
  Network Layer: Logical Addressing, IPv4 Addresses, IPv6 Addresses, Network Layer: Internet Protocol, Internetworking, IPv4, IPv6, Transition from IPv4 to IPv6, Network Layer: Address Mapping, Error Reporting and Multicasting, Address Mapping, ICMP, IGMP, ICMPv6, Network Layer: Delivery, Forwarding and Routing, Delivery, Forwarding, Unicast Routing Protocols, Multicast Routing Protocols
  UNIT - VI
  Transport Layer: Process-Process Delivery: UDP, TCP and SCTP, Process-to-Process Delivery, User Datagram Protocol(UDP), TCP, SCTP, Congestion Control and Quality of Service, Data Traffic, Congestion, Congestion Control, Two Examples, Quality Service, Techniques to improve QoS, Integrated Services, Differentiated Services, QoS in Switched Networks
  UNIT - VII
  Application Layer: Domain Name System, Name Space, Domain Name Space, Distribution of Name Space, DNS in the Internet, Resolution, DNS Messages, Types of Records, Registrars, Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS),Encapsulation, Remote Logging, Electronic Mail and File Transfer, Remote Logging, Telnet, Electronic Mail, File Transfer
  UNIT - VIII
  WWW and HTTP: Architecture, Web Documents, HTTP, Network Management: SNMP, Network Management System, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Multimedia, Digitizing Audio and Video, Audio and Video Compression, Streaming Stored Audio/Video, Streaming Live Audio/Video, Real - Time Interactive Audio/Video, RTP,RTCP, Voice over IP
  GATE SYLLABUS
  ISO/OSI stack, sliding window protocol, LAN Technologies (Ethernet, Token ring), TCP/UDP, IP, Basic concepts of switches, gateways, and routers.