Computer Networks

Course Description:

Overview of OSI reference model. Topology design, Media Access Control Level, Services, Problems and protocols, Practical local area network design and implementation. IEEE LAN Standards, Logical Link Control protocols, HDLC, ALOHA, SLOTTED ALOHA, FDDI, Client Server model and related softwares.

Network Layer level services, problems and protocols. WAN, MAN, interconnection networks related softwares, TCP/IP, Novel NetWare, Routers, Bridges and Gateways their Practical implementation aspects. X.25, Internet and related softwares NETSCAPE and MOSAIC. Transport layer, services, problems and their protocol. Brief functioning of upper layers, E-mail and other application

Lectures	Topics (Click to Download PDF Slides)
Lecture 1	Introduction
Lecture 2	Data Sharing
Lecture 3	Packetised File Transmission
Lecture 4	Layering
Lecture 5	Performance Metrics
Lecture 6	Basic Building blocks
Lecture 7	Modulation
Lecture 8	Physical Media
Lecture 9	Transmission
Lecture 10	DLL Framing
Lecture 11	Error Detection
Lecture 12	Error Control / Reliable Transmission
Lecture 13	Stop and Wait Analysis
Lecture 14	Sliding Window
Lecture 15	SW Analysis
Lecture 16	Medium Access sublayer
Lecture 17	Aloha Ethernet
Lecture 18	Ethernet
Lecture 19	Collision Free Protocol
Lecture 20	ATM
Lecture 21	Token bus
Lecture 22	Token ring
Lecture 23	FDDI
Lecture 24	FDDI Analysis
Lecture 25	Wireless LAN
Lecture 26	Bridge and Switches
Lecture 27	Connectionless Networks
Lecture 28	Network Layer
Lecture 29	IP Packets / Fragmentation
Lecture 30	Router Forwarding
Lecture 31	Congestion control networks
Lecture 32	Routing Algorithm - DV
Lecture 33	Virtual Networks
Lecture 34	Routing Algorithm - LSR
Lecture 35	CIDR / BGP
Lecture 36	Transport Layer
Lecture 37	TCP Connection Management
Lecture 38	TCP Protocol
Lecture 39	TCP Miscellaneous
Lecture 40	Application Layer Protocols
Lecture 41	SNMP
Lecture 42	SMTP
Lecture 43	Network Security