RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERING COLLEGE

Thandalam, Chennai 602 105

LESSON PLAN
Faculty Name : K.SUDHA
Designation

: LECTURER

Subject Name: COMPUTER NETWORKS

Year
: III
Degree & Branch

B.E. E.E.E.

Department

: EEE

Sub Code

: CS2361

Semester
Section

: VI
:A&B

AIM
To introduce the concepts, terminologies and technologies used in modern days data
communication and computer networking.
OBJECTIVES

To understand the concepts of data communications.

To study the functions of different layers.
To introduce IEEE standards employed in computer networking.
To make the students to get familiarized with different protocols and network components

SYLLABUS
UNIT I
Introduction to networks network architecture network performance Direct link
networks encoding framing error detection transmission Ethernet Rings
FDDI - Wireless networks Switched networks bridges
UNIT II
Internetworking IP - ARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol Internet Control Message Protocol Routing Routing
algorithms Addressing Subnetting CIDR Inter domain routing IPv6
UNIT III
Transport Layer User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Transmission Control Protocol
Congestion control Flow control Queuing Disciplines Congestion - Avoidance
Mechanisms.
UNIT IV
Data Compression introduction to JPEG, MPEG, and MP3 cryptography
symmetric-key public-key authentication key distribution key agreement PGP
SSH Transport layer security IP Security wireless security Firewalls
UNIT V
SIGNATURE OF FACULTY

SIGNATURE OF HOD

Domain Name System (DNS) E-mail World Wide Web (HTTP) Simple Network
Management Protocol File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Web Services Multimedia Applications Overlay networks
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOK:
1.Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach,
Fourth Edition, Elsevier Publishers Inc., 2007.
2. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, Fourth Edition, PHI, 2003
REFERENCES:
1. James F. Kuross and Keith W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach
Featuring the Internet, Third Edition, Addision wesley, 2004.
2. William Stallings, Data and Computer Communication, Sixth Edition, Pearson
Education, 2000.
3. Nader F. Mir, Computer and communication networks, Pearson Education, 2007.
S.NO DATE PERIOD TOPICS

T/R
BOOKS

BOOK
NO.

PAGE NO.

T
T
T
T

2
2
2
2

5
18
555-572
175-242

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T
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2
2
2
2

730,179-182
183-184
10,295
319-322,1315
133134,304-318

UNIT I
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Introduction to networks
network architecture
network performance
Direct link
networks
Encoding, framing
error detection, transmission
Ethernet , Rings
FDDI - Wireless networks
Switched networks, bridges
UNIT II

11.

Internetworking

396

12.

IP - ARP Reverse Address

Resolution Protocol
Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol
Internet Control Message Protocol
Routing ,Routing
algorithms
Addressing
Subnetting
Inter domain routing IPv6
CIDR
UNIT III

413,47-50

416

T
T

2
2

419
345

T
T
T
T

2
2
2
2

349
386
405,437-449
405

13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

SIGNATURE OF FACULTY

SIGNATURE OF HOD

20.
21.

Transport Layer
User Datagram Protocol (UDP) ,
Transmission Control Protocol

T
T

2
2

479
542,525

22.
23.
24.
25.

Congestion control
Flow control
Queuing Disciplines
Congestion - Avoidance
Mechanisms.
UNIT IV

T
T
T
T

2
2
2
2

536
502

26.
27.

Data Compression
introduction to JPEG, MPEG, and
MP3
cryptography
symmetric-key
public-key
authentication key distribution key
agreement
PGP ,SSH
Transport layer security
IP Security
wireless security
Firewalls

T
T

2
2

T
T
T
T

730-744
734738,738-744
577-622
598
597-601
612613,607-610

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2
2
2
2
2

28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.

2
2

536

479-487
412-419
543-545
410-412

UNIT V
37.
38.

Domain Name System (DNS)

E-mail ,World Wide Web (HTTP)

T
T

2
2

39.

Simple
Network
Management
Protocol
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Web Services
Multimedia Applications
Overlay networks

421,622-630
643670,681-723
632-643

T
T
T
T

2
2
2

693
685-689
723-760

40.
41.
42.
43.

SIGNATURE OF FACULTY

SIGNATURE OF HOD