Course Plan

Subject Code : CS 6551 Staff name : B.Selvakumar

Subject Name : Computer Networks Year & Branch: III IT
TEXT BOOK:
1. Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach,
Third Edition, Morgan Kauffmann Publishers Inc., 2003.
Teaching aids;-
Number Cumulative
Reference/T OHP/PPT/Video/
S.No Topic Name Page No of No. of
ext book NPTEL/Animatio
periods periods
n/Model/Chart
1. Overall introduction -- -- -- 1 1
Unit-I
Building a Network
2. Requirements, Network Text book 7-30 PPT 2 3
Architecture, Layers
Network software
3. Text book 31-48 -- 2 5
Performance
Link Layer Services
4. Text book 79-87 PPT 2 7
Framing
Error correction and
5. Text book 88-104 PPT 2 9
detection
6. Link level flow control Text book 109-110 -- 1 10
Unit-II
Medium Access - CSMA -
7. Text book 111-120 N1-NPTEL 2 12
Ethernet
Sliptest - I 1 13
8. Wireless LAN Text book 131-137 -- 1 14
9. Bluetooth Notes - Notes 1 15
10. Bridges, Switches Text book 180-192 -- 1 16
11. Basic Networking IP Text book 236-258 PPT 2 18
12. CIDR Text book 299-308 --
1 19
13. ARP, DHCP Text book 258-266 --
14. ICMP Text book 266-267 1 20
Unit III
15. Routing (RIP, OSPF, metrics) Text book 271-291 PPT 3 23
16. Switch basics Text book 166-177 2 25
Review/Slip test-II 1 26
308-316
17. Global Internet - BGP, IPv6 Text book -- 2 28
318-330
18. Multicasting Text book 331-340 -- 2 30
Unit IV
19. UDP, TCP Text book 376-389 PPT 2 32
Adaptive flow control,
20. Text book 389-401 -- 2 34
Retransmission
21. Congestion Control Text book 468-478 PPT 2 36
22. Congestion Avoidance Text book 478-491 -- 2 38
Quality of Service
23. Text book 492-498 -- 1 39
Application Requirements
Unit V Web Services ( 9 hrs)
E Mail (SMTP, MIME,
24. Text book 644-650 PPT 3 42
IMAP, POP3)
25. HTTP Text book 650-659 -- 2 44
26. DNS Text book 634-643 PPT 2 46
Slip test-III 1 47
 27.
SNMP 2 49
28.
Review 1 50
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Conclusion 1 51
Topics beyond syllabus
1 Network Topologies -- -- -- 1 52
2 EIGRP -- -- -- 1 53
Total 53 hrs

Time allotment Portion for cycle test

Total no.of periods allotted 45 Ist internal test 40 %
Total no.of periods needed 53 IInd internal test 40 %
Number of hours for which 22 IIIrd internal test 20 %
LCD projector required

Assignment Topics:

1. Network Topologies
2. TCP State Transition
3. EIGRP

Content beyond Syllabus:

1 Network Topologies
2 EIGRP

OTHER RESOURCES: -( to be stored in CD)

Text book
T1 Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems
Approach

Reference book/
R1 NIL

Web reference
W1 http://cs.uwindsor.ca/~rfortier/school/courses/60-367/lectures.html
W2 www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/dheeraj/cs425/
W3 http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~cs2105/
W4 www.cs.mcgill.ca/~cs535/lect_notes.php
W5 www.stanford.edu/class/ee360/lectures/lecture18.ppt

Video Reference (you tube, EDUSAT etc) (to be stored at CD)

V1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxS_G4nZPYo&list=PL32DBC269EF768F74&index=8

NPTEL/ other university video lectures related to syllabus - (to be stored at CD)
Link :
http://npteldownloads.iitm.ac.in/downloads_mp4/106105081/lec19.mp4
N1
Resource Person : Prof. Sujoy Ghosh, Dept of CSE, IIT Kharagpur
Course : Computer Network
 Program Outcomes:

(a) An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering,

(b) An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data,
(c) An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within
realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health
and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability,
(d) An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams,
(e) An ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems,
(f) An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility,
(g) An ability to communicate effectively,
(h) The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a
global, economic, environmental, and societal context,
(i) Recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning,
(j) An ability to attain the knowledge of contemporary issues
(k) An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for
engineering practice.
(l) An ability to understand and apply the appropriate tools used for software applications
in industries and to initiate to become entrepreneur

Course Outcomes

1. Identify the different type of topologies and Protocols

2. Enumerate the layers of the OSI model and TCP/IP model able to explain the
functions of each layer.

3. Identify the different types of network devices and their functions

4. Understand and building skills of subnetting and routing mechanisms.

5. Familiarity with the basic protocols of computer networks, and how they can be
used in network design.

Mapping of POs with Course outcomes (subject handled in last semester)

Course Program Outcomes

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Staff In Charge HOD/IT