SVNIT, Surat (ECED)

B. Tech IV EC

End-Sem Syllabus Computer Communications and Networking (EC-404)

1) Data-Link Layer a. Error Detection and Correction (1D, 2D Parity Check, CRC, Checksum, Hamming) [2] b. Line Discipline (ENQ/ACK, POLL/SEL) [1] c. Flow Control (Stop-&-Wait, Sliding Window) [1,2] d. Error Control (Stop-&-Wait ARQ, Sliding Window ARQ) [1,2] 2) Data-Link Layer Protocols a. Synchronous Protocol (BSC, HDLC) [1,2] 3) Point to Point Protocol (PPP) [1,2] 4) Network Layer a. IPv4 Addresses (Classful Addressing, Classless Addressing, Subnetting, Supernetting) [2] b. Network Address Translation (NAT) [2,3] c. IPv6 Addresses [2] d. IPv4 and IPv6 Datagram Format [2] e. Transition from IPv4 to IPv6 (Dual Stack, Tunneling, Header Translation) [2] f. ARP, RARP, BOOTP, DHCP, ICMP (Error Reporting and Query Messages), IGMP (Overview) [2] g. Routing Algorithms (Shortest Path, Flooding, Distance Vector, Link State, Path Vector, Hierarchical Routing, Broadcast Routing, Multicast Routing, Routing in Mobile Host, and Routing in Ad-hoc Networks). [3] 5) Transport Layer (UDP, TCP, SCTP) [2] 6) Congestion Control (Open loop and Close loop) and Quality of Service, Techniques to improve QoS [2] 7) Application Layer a. DNS, DNS in Internet, Resolution [2] b. E-Mail, FTP [2] c. Web Architecture, HTTP [2] d. SNMP overview [2] 8) Security a. Cryptography (Symmetric key, Asymmetric key) [2,3] b. Network Security (Message Integrity, Message Authentication, Digital Signature, Entity Authentication and Key Management) [2,3] c. Security in Internet (IPSec, SSL/TSL, PGP, Firewalls) [2,3]

Reference Books: [1] Data Communications and Networking by Behrouz A. Forouzon (2nd Edition). [2] Data Communications and Networking by Behrouz A. Forouzon (4th Edition) [3] Computer Networks by Andrew S. Tanenbaum.