CS6551 COMPUTER NETWORKS

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Year&Semester

II/IV

Section

CSE

SubjectCode

CS6551

SubjectName

COMPUTERNETWORKS

Degree&Branch

B.EC.S.E.

UNIT1
PARTA
1.DefineNetworks.
2.DefineInternetworkingandIntranetworking.
3.Whatisrouterorgateway?
4.Definerouting.
5.WhatareUnicast,Multicast,andBroadcast?
6.WhatisMultiplexingandDemultiplexing?
7.WhatisSynchronousTimeDivisionMultiplexing?
8.WhatisFrequencyDivisionMultiplexing?
9.WhatisStatisticalMultiplexing?
10.WhatareSAN,LAN,WANandMAN?
11.Listthethreegeneralclassesoffailure.
12.WhatareRRPandHHP?
13.DefineBandwidthandLatency.

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14.Whatistransfertime?
15.Defineframes.
16.WhatisForwardErrorDetection?
17.WhatisShanonsTheorem?
18.WhatisFrequencyHopping?
19.WhatisSpreadSpectrum?
20.WhatareManchesterencoding,DifferentialManchester?

PARTB

1.ExplainaboutNetworkArchitecturewithneatsketchonit.
2.ExplainaboutOSIArchitecturewithneatsketchonit.
3.ExplainaboutInternetArchitecturewithneatsketchonit.
4.ExplainaboutNetworksoftware.
5.ExplainaboutPerformanceofcomputernetwork.
6.ExplainaboutFraminganditstypes.
7.ExplainaboutErrorDetection.
8.ExplainaboutReliabletransmissionorFlowControl.
9.Explainaboutrequirementofbuildinganetwork.
10.ProblemsonBandwidthandLatency.

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UNIT2

PARTA
1.Whatisrepeater?
2.WhatisMediaAccessControl?
3.WhatisExponentialbackoff?
4.WhatisOrthogonalFrequencyDivisionMultiplexing?
5.DefineSignaltoNoiseRatio.
6.WhatisAccessPoint?
7.WhatareScanninganditsfoursteps?
8.WhatisBluetooth?
9.WhatisPiconet?
10.WhatisGateway?
11.WhatareSwitchingandBridging?
12.WhatisVirtualCircuitSwitching?
13.DifferencebetweenConnectionlessandConnectionOrientedduplex.
14.Whatishopbyhopflowcontrol?
15.WhatisVirtualPrivateNetwork?
16.DrawthesketchofIPv4packetheader.
17.WhatareTTLandMTU?
18.Whatispayload?
19.WhatareClassA,ClassBandClassC?
20.WhatisTunneling?

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PARTB
1.ExplainaboutEthernet(802.3).
2.ExplainaboutWiFi(802.11).
3.ExplainaboutBluetoothwithitsarchitecture.
4.ExplainaboutSwitchingandBridging.
5.ExplainaboutInternetProtocol.
6.ExplainaboutARP.
7.ExplainaboutCIDR.
8.ExplainaboutDHCP.
9.ExplainaboutICMP.
10.ProblemsaboutEthernetLAN.

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UNIT3
PARTA
1.DifferencebetweenForwardingandRouting.
2.WhatisInteriorGatewayProtocol(IGP)?
3.Listthetwodifferentclassesofroutingprotocol.
4.Whatisdistancevectorrouting?
5.WhatisConvergence?
6.WhatisCounttoinfinityproblem?
7.WhatisSplithorizon?
8.WhatisSplithorizonwithpoisonreverse?
9.WhatisRIP?
10.WhatisLinkStateRouting?
11.WhatisReliableFlooding?
12.DrawthesketchofOSPFheaderformat.
13.WhatisLoadBalancing?
14.Howcanwecomputedelayforthepacket?
15.WhatisLineRate?
16.DifferencebetweenIPv4andIPv6.
17.DrawthesketchofIPv6PacketHeader.
18.WhatisNetworkAddressTranslation?
19.WhatisMulticast?
20.WhatisSwitching?

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PARTB

1.ExplainaboutSwitchingandForwarding.
2.ExplainaboutRIP.
3.ExplainaboutOSPF.
4.ExplainaboutBGP.
5.ExplainaboutRoutingareas.
6.ExplainaboutIPv6.
7.ExplainaboutMulticast.
8.ExplainaboutDVMRP.
9.ExplainaboutPIM.
10.ExplainaboutMulticastaddress.

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UNIT4
PARTA
1.DefineUDP.
2.DefineTCP.
3.DifferencebetweenUDPandTCP.
4.DrawthesketchofTCPheaderformat.
5.Whatarethethreewaysofhandshake?
6.DrawtheTCPStatetransmissioncontrol.
7.Whatisnaglesalgorithm?
8.WhatisRTT?
9.WhatisEstimatedRTT?
10.WhatisCongestionControl?
11.WhatisRED?
12.WhatisCongestionWindow?
13.WhatisAIMD?
14.WhatisSlowStart?
15.Whatisintergratedservice?
16.WhatisQualityofserviceapproaches?
17.Whatisadmissioncontrol?
18.WhatisDifferentiatedservice?
19.WhatisExpedictedforwarding?
20Whatisassuredforwarding?

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PARTB

1.ExplainabouttheoperationofTCPwithneatsketchonit.
2.Explainabouttheconceptofslidingwindowprotocol.
3.ExplainaboutUDPwithneatsketchonit.
4.(i).DifferencebetweenUDPandTCP.
(ii).Discussflowcontrolwithanexample.
5.ExplainaboutthethreewayhandshakeprotocolforconnectionestablishmentinTCP.
6.ExplainabouttheTCPcongestioncontrol.
7.ExplainabouttheREDalgorithm.
8.ExplainabouttheconceptofcongestionavoidanceinTCP?
9.ExplainabouttheRSVPprotocolwithneatsketch.
10.Explainaboutthedifferentiatedservices.

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UNIT5

PARTA
1.WhatisSMTP?
2.WhatisHTTP?
3.WhatisDNS?
4.WhatisSNMP?
5.WhatisMIME?
6.WhatisIMAP?
7.WhatisIMAPstatetransitiondiagram?
8.WhatisURL?
9.ListtheTCPconnection.
10.WhatisManagementInformationBox?
11.WhatisWebService?
12.WhatisSOAP?
13.WhatisWSDL?
14.WhatisSIP?
15.WhatisRoutingoverlay?
16.Whatishierarchyofnameserver?
17.Whatisnameresolution?
18.WhatisGETandSETinSNMP?
19.WhatisB2B?
20WhatisMessageExchangePattern?

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PARTB

1.ExplainabouttheTraditionalapplications.
2.ExplainabouttheWSDLinwebservices.
3.ExplainabouttheSOAP.
4.ExplainabouttheSMTP.
5.ExplainabouttheDNS.
6.ExplainabouttheSNMP.
7.ExplainabouttheMIME.
8.ExplainaboutthePOP3.
9.ExplainabouttheIMAP.
10.ExplainabouttheHTTP.

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