Computer Networks [ECE Department]

Computer Networks [ECE Department]

Computer Networks

PHYSICAL LAYER

1. Data Communications
2. Networks
3. Network Models
4. OSI Model
5. Layers in the OSI Model
6. TCP/IP Protocol Suite
7. Addressing
8. Transmission media
9. Guided media
10. Unguided media
11. Switching
12. Circuit-Switched Networks
13. Datagram Networks
14. Virtual-Circuit Networks
15. Dial-up Modems
16. Digital Subscriber Line
17. Cable TV Networks
18. Cable TV for Data Transfer
19. Important Short Questions and Answers:Computer Networks - Physical Layer

DATA LINK LAYER

1. Data link control- Framing
2. Flow and Error control
3. Protocols
4. Noiseless Channels Protocol
5. Noisy Channels Protocol
6. High-level Data Link Control (HDLC)
7. Multiple Access
8. Random Access
9. Controlled Access
10. Wired LANs
11. IEEE Standards
12. Standard Ethernet
13. Changes in the Standard
14. Fast Ethernet
15. Gigabit Ethernet
16. IEEE 802.11
17. Bluetooth: Architecture and Devices
18. Connecting Devices
19. Backbone Networks
20. Virtual LANs
21. Virtual-Circuit Networks: Frame Relay and ATM
22. Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
23. Important Short Questions and Answers: Computer Networks - Data Link Layer

NETWORK LAYER

1. Logical Addressing - IPv4 Addresses
2. IPv6 Addresses
3. Internet working and Need for Network Layer
4. IPv4 (The Internet Protocol version 4)
5. IPv6
6. Network Address Mapping
7. Mapping Logical to Physical Address: ARP
8. Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP)
9. Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP)
10. The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
11. ICMP
12. The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
13. ICMPv6 (Internetworking Control Message Protocol)
14. Direct Versus Indirect Delivery
15. Forwarding Techniques
16. Unicast Routing Protocols
17. Multicast Routing Protocols
18. Important Short Questions and Answers: Computer Network Layer

TRANSPORT LAYER

1. Process to Process Delivery in Transport Layer
2. User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
3. Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
4. Congestion
5. Congestion Control: Open Loop and Closed Loop
6. Quality of services
7. Techniques to Improve QoS
8. Important Short Questions and Answers: Computer Transport Layer

APPLICATION LAYER

1. Domain Name System
2. Electronic Mail
3. File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
4. World Wide Web (WWW)
5. Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
6. Multimedia
7. Cryptography
8. Symmetric Key Cryptography
9. Asymmetric Key Cryptography
10. Digital signatures: Direct, Arbitrated
11. Communication Security: Authentication protocols
12. Important Short Questions and Answers: Application Layer

FUNDAMENTALS and LINK LAYER

1. Building a computer network
2. Requirements of Computer Networks
3. Layering and Protocol
4. Internet Architecture
5. Network Software
6. Performance :Link Layer Services
7. Framing in Computer Networks
8. Error Detection and Correction: Its types
9. Flow Control
10. Important Short Questions and Answers : Computer Networks - Fundamentals & Link Layer

MEDIA ACCESS and INTERNETWORKING

1. Medium Access Control
2. Ethernet(802.3)
3. Wireless LAN�s
4. WI-FI Ethernet (802.11)
5. Bluetooth (802.15.1)
6. Switching and Bridging
7. Basic Networking
8. IP(Internet Protocol)
9. Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)
10. Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
11. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
12. Error Reporting (ICMP)
13. Important Short Questions and Answers: Media Access & Internetworking

ROUTING

1. Routing
2. Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
3. Link State (OSPF)
4. Metrics
5. Switch Basics
6. Global Internet
7. Areas
8. BGB (Broader Gateway Protocol) Interdomain Routing
9. IP Version 6 (IPV6)
10. Multicast Addresses
11. Multicast Routing (DVMRP, PIM)
12. DVMRP-Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol
13. PIM-Protocol Independent Multicast
14. Important Questions and Answers: Routing

TRANSPORT LAYER

1. Important Questions and Answers: Routing
2. Overview of Transport Layer
3. UDP (User Datagram Protocol)
4. TCP - Reliable Byte Stream
5. Connection Management
6. Flow Control
7. Retransmission
8. TCP Congestion Control
9. Congestion Avoidance �DECBit
10. Random Early Detection (RED)
11. Quality of Services (QoS)
12. Application Requirements
13. Important Short Questions and Answers: Transport Layer

APPLICATION LAYER

1. Electronic Mail (SMTP, POP3, MIME, IMAP)
2. SMTP �Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
3. POP3 (Post Office Protocol) and IMAP(Intermediate Mail Access Protocol)
4. MIME(Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension)
5. HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
6. Web Services
7. Domain Name Service (DNS)
8. SNMP(Simple Network Management Protocol)
9. Important Questions and Answers : Networks - Application Layer

EXTRA

1. Data Communication
2. Data link layer
3. Network Layer
4. Transport layer
5. Application layer
6. Computer Networks - Worked out Problems