EC 8551 

                                COMMUNICATION NETWORKS                    L TP C

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UNIT I FUNDAMENTALS & LINK LAYER 9

Overview of Data Communications- Networks – Building Network and its types– Overview
of Internet - Protocol Layering - OSI Mode – Physical Layer – Overview of Data and Signals -
introduction to Data Link Layer - Link layer Addressing- Error Detection and Correction

UNIT II MEDIA ACCESS & INTERNETWORKING 9

Overview of Data link Control and Media access control - Ethernet (802.3) - Wireless LANs
– Available Protocols – Bluetooth – Bluetooth Low Energy – WiFi – 6LowPAN–Zigbee -
Network layer services – Packet Switching – IPV4 Address – Network layer protocols ( IP,
ICMP, Mobile IP)

UNIT III ROUTING 9

Routing - Unicast Routing – Algorithms – Protocols – Multicast Routing and its basics –
Overview of Intradomain and interdomain protocols – Overview of IPv6 Addressing –
Transition from IPv4 to IPv6

UNIT IV TRANSPORT LAYER 9

Introduction to Transport layer –Protocols- User Datagram Protocols (UDP) and
Transmission Control Protocols (TCP) –Services – Features – TCP Connection – State
Transition Diagram – Flow, Error and Congestion Control - Congestion avoidance (DECbit,
RED) – QoS – Application requirements

UNIT V APPLICATION LAYER 9

Application Layer Paradigms – Client Server Programming – World Wide Web and HTTP -
DNS- -Electronic Mail (SMTP, POP3, IMAP, MIME) – Introduction to Peer to Peer Networks
– Need for Cryptography and Network Security – Firewalls

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

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 DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
COURSE PLAN
COURSE PLAN
Sub. Code : EC 8551 Branch / Year / Sem : B.E ECE / III/ V
Sub.Name : Communication Networks Batch : 2018-2022
Staff Name : Academic Year : 2020-21 (ODD)

COURSE OBJECTIVE
The student should be made to:
1. Understand the division of network functionalities into layers.
2. Be familiar with the components required to build different types of networks
3. Be exposed to the required functionality at each layer
4. Learn the flow control and congestion control

TEXT BOOKS
T1: Behrouz A. Forouzan, ―Data communication and Networking, Fifth Edition,
Tata McGraw – Hill, 2013 (UNIT I –V)
REFERENCE BOOKS
R1. James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross, ―Computer Networking - A Top-Down Approach
Featuring the Internet, Seventh Edition, Pearson Education, 2016.
R2. Nader. F. Mir,― Computer and Communication Networks, Pearson Prentice Hall
Publishers, 2nd Edition, 2014.
R3. Ying-Dar Lin, Ren-Hung Hwang, Fred Baker, ―Computer Networks: An Open Source
Approach, Mc Graw Hill Publisher, 2011.
R4. Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie, ―Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Fifth
Edition, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2011.
WEB RESOURCES
W1 : http://home.iitk.ac.in/~navi/sidbinetworkcourse/lecture2.ppt (Topic.No:05)
W2 :
http://ant.comm.ccu.
edu.tw/course/97_IT
S/0_Lecture/Ch3.%2
0ZigBee.ppt
(Topic.No:15)

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W3 : https://nptel.ac.in/courses/106105081/28(Topic.No:18)
W4 : www.cs.wisc.edu/~pb/640/ipv6.ppt (Topic.No:23)
W5 : ocw.nthu.edu.tw/ocw/upload/13/news/chap6a_congestion.ppt (Topic.No:32)
W6 : https://people.cs.umass.edu/~phillipa/CSE390/DNS.pptx (Topic.No:37)

Topic Topic Books for Page No. Teaching No. of Cumulative

No Reference Methodology Hours Date
Required
UNIT I FUNDAMENTALS & LINK LAYER ( 9+1)
01 Overview of Data T1 4-7 PPT 1 13-08-2020
Communications
02 Networks T1 7-12 PPT 1 13-08-2020
03 Building Network& its types T1 13-17 PPT 1 13-08-2020
04 Overview of Internet T1 17-22 PPT 1 20-08-2020
Protocol Layering T1 32-35
05 OSI Model T1,W1 44-46 PPT 1 20-08-2020
06 Physical Layer- Overview T1 54-90 PPT 2 27-08-2020
of Data and Signals
07 introduction to Data Link T1 237-242 PPT 1 03-09-2020
Layer
08 Link layer Addressing T1 242-252 PPT 1 03-09-2020
09 Error Detection and T1 257-285 PPT 1 10-09-2020
Correction R1 306-312
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to ,
 Describe the basic Internet architecture of computer networks.
 Identify the various stages of data transfer in Link layer services.
 Use the Error detection techniques and flow control for network software.
UNIT II MEDIA ACCESS & INTERNETWORKING ( 9+1)
Overview of Data link T1 293-326 PPT
10 Control and Media access ctrl
1 17-09-2020
T1 325-354
11 Ethernet (802.3) T1 361-383 PPT 1 17-09-2020
12 Wireless LANs T1 435-450 PPT 1 24-09-2020
Available Protocols– Blue PPT
13 tooth–Bluetooth LowEnergy
T1 451-458 1 24-09-2020
14 WiFi – 6LowPAN T1 439-451 PPT 1 01-10-2020
15 Zigbee W2 1-16 PPT 1 01-10-2020
16 Network layer services T1 512-516 PPT 1 01-10-2020
T1 516-522 PPT 01-10-2020
17 Packet Switching 1
R2 170-203
T1 PPT 08-10-2020
18 IPV4 Address 528-546 1
W3
19 Network layer protocols ( IP, T1 561-590 PPT 1 08-10-2020

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 ICMP, Mobile IP)
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to ,
 Explain the various functions of networking devices in Ethernet.
 Develop and identifying the steps involved in Bluetooth designing network.
 Analyze the binding MAC address and switching with data packets.
UNIT III ROUTING ( 9+1)
Routing - Unicast Routing –
20
Algorithms
T1 595-610 PPT 2 08-10-2020
21 Protocols T1 611-631 PPT 1 08-10-2020
Multicast Routing and its PPT 15-10-2020
22 basics T1 639-650 2
Overview of Intradomain T1 650-658 15-10-2020
23
and interdomain protocols
PPT 2
W4 1-40
Overview of IPv6 PPT 15-10-2020
24
Addressing
T1 666-673 2
Transition from IPv4 to PPT 15-10-2020
25
IPv6.
T1 682-684 1
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to ,
 State the basic routing techniques in computer network.
 Identify the different types of addressing in global network.
 Compare and develop the multicast routing.
UNIT IV TRANSPORT LAYER ( 9+1)
Introduction to Transport PPT 15-10-2020
26 layer Protocols
T1 691-736 1
User Datagram Protocols PPT 15-10-2020
27 (UDP) T1 737-743 1
Transmission Control PPT 15-10-2020
28 Protocols (TCP) Services – T1 743-750 2
Features
29 TCP Connection T1 750-756 PPT 1 15-10-2020
30 State Transition Diagram T1 756-760 PPT 1 22-10-2020
Flow, Error and Congestion T1 762-790 PPT 22-10-2020
31 Control 2
R3 512-514
Congestion avoidance PPT 22-10-2020
32 (DECbit, RED)
W5 1-31 1
QoS – Application 1054- PPT 22-10-2020
33 requirements T1 1
1062
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to ,
 Able to explain the different types of protocols used in various Layers and UDP/TCP.
 Analyze the retransmission in data communication process.
 Compare the congestion avoidance and QoS requirements.
UNIT V APPLICATION LAYER ( 9+1)
34 Application Layer Paradigms T1 817-822 PPT 1 29-10-2020
35 Client Server Programming T1 823-832 PPT 1 29-10-2020
36 World Wide Web and HTTP T1 872-887 PPT 1 29-10-2020
DNS- -Electronic Mail R4 745-755 PPT 29-10-2020
37 (SMTP, POP3, IMAP, MIME) 2
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 Introduction to Peer to Peer PPT 29-10-2020
38 Networks T1 821-822 1
Need for Cryptography and 1140 PPT 29-10-2020
39 Network Security T1 2
-1151
1151 PPT 29-10-2020
40 Firewalls T1 2
-1153
LEARNING OUTCOME
At the end of unit, students should be able to ,
 Describe the different types of security trends in internet.
 Develop the web services and Mapping of IP with the domain name.
 Identify the functions of each application layer protocol.
COURSE OUTCOME
At the end of the course, the students will be able to
 Identify the components required to build different types of networks
 Choose the required functionality at each layer for given application
 Identify solution for each functionality at each layer
 Trace the flow of information from one node to another node in the network
 Demonstrate the concepts of protocols like DNS, SMTP, SNMP, HTTP etc.
CONTENT BEYOND THE SYLLABUS
 Next-Generation Wireless Technologies
ASSIGNMENT-I (20 Marks) ASSIGNMENT II (20 Marks)
(Before AT-1) (Before AT – II)
1-14 PCE Activity
Part-A Activity 1: Paper presentation
1. List the services provided by data link  Intra departmental paper presentation
layer.  symposium
2. Define the term protocol.
Activity 2: Quiz
3. State the issues of data link layer.
4. Define a Layer.  Testmoz
5. Group the OSI layers by its function.  Subject related quiz
Part-B Activity 3: Case study presentation
1. Explain briefly about ISO/OSI layers and  Overview of IPv6 Addressing
its functions with necessary diagram.  Multicast Routing
2. Explain in detail about the error Activity 4: APH
detection and error correction  Wifi
mechanisms.
 6 LowPAN
3. Explain the functions of MAC layer
present in IEEE 802.11 with necessary Activity 5: Poster Presentation
diagrams.  Blue Tooth
Activity 6: Application of concept
 ZigBee

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