8EC1 COMPUTER NETWORKS

  Units    Contents of the subjects
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QUEUING THEORY- Pure birth, Pure death & Birth-death processes, Mathematical models for M/M/1, M/M/¥, M/M/m, M/M/1/K and M/M/m/m queues. Little’s formula. M/G/1 Queuing model basics.
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DATA LINK LAYER - Packet & Circuit switching, OSI & TCP/IP Reference Models, Framing, Simplex protocol, Simplex stop & wait protocol, Sliding window protocol, Go back N protocol, selective repeat, HDLC, Data link layer in internet.
III
MEDIUM LAYER- Static & dynamic channel allocation, Multiple Access Protocols: ALOHA, slotted ALOHA, CSMA, Token Bus, Token Ring, FDDI, IEEE standards 802.2, 802.3 Hubs, Bridges, Routers & Gateways.
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NETWORK LAYER- Network layer Design issues. Adaptive & Non-adaptive routing algorithms, Congestion control algorithms for TCP/IP networks, Internetworking, Network layer in the Internet: IPv4 & IPv6 Protocols, OSPF and BGP. TCP Protocol architecture.
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ATM NETWORKS- Connection Oriented Networks: X.25, Frame Relay & ATM. ISDN system architecture. Broadband ISDN. ATM Protocol architecture, Recognition Algorithm in ATM Networks, Congestion control Algorithms.

Text/References:
• Computer Network, Leon And Garcia, TMH
• Data Communication And Networking(Sie), Forouzan, TMH
• Computer Network, Tanenbaum, Pearson
• Computer Networking, Kurose, Pearson
• Computer Networking And Inernet, Halsell, Pearsons
• Digital Telephony, 3rd Ed, James Irvine & David Harle, Wiley
• Line Communication System: Telecommunication Switching Approach, Das, Apurba, New Age
• Telecommunication Switching And Networks, Gnanasivam, New Age