LECTURE PLAN

Class: TY BTech Sub: Data Communications and Networking

Lectures:3hrs/week Academic Year:2023-24

Month Week Topics To be covered

January 2 Introduction to computer networks and the Internet: Layering concepts
Principles of network applications
2

3 Wireless Ad-Hoc/ Multihop Networks

Wireless Personal Area Networks using Bluetooth (IEEE 802.15) and ZigBee (IEEE
4
802.15.4)
February 1 Wireless Local Area Networks using Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11a/b/g)
Connectionless transport - User Datagram Protocol (UDP), Connection oriented
2
transport – Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
TEST 1
Issues in Resource Allocation, Congestion control Mechanisms, Flow Control
3
mechanisms
4 Congestion avoidance mechanisms, Quality of Service.

Virtual circuit and Datagram networks, Router, Internet Protocol,

March 1
2 IPV4, IPV6 Routing algorithms, IP addresses and sub-netting,
TEST 2
3 Control protocols: ICMP, DHCP, NAT, Broadcast and Multicast routing
4 ALOHA, Multiple access protocols, IEEE 802 standards
LAN Addressing: ARP,RARP, Ethernet, Hubs, Switches, Classification and
April 1 requirements of switches, a generic switch, Circuit Switching, Time-division
switching
2 Space-division switching,Crossbar switch and evaluation of blocking probability,
2-stage, 3-stage and n-stage networks , , Packet switching, Blocking in packet
switches, Three generations of packet switches, switch fabric, Buffering, Statistical
Multiplexing.
3 The Web and Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, File transfer, electronic mail, Domain
name system, Peer-to-Peer file sharing, Socket programming.
Text books:
• J.F. Kurose and K. W. Ross, “Computer Networking – A top down approach featuring the Internet”, Pearson Education,
5th Edition
• L. Peterson and B. Davie, “Computer Networks – A Systems Approach” Elsevier Morgan Kaufmann Publisher, 5th Edition.
• T. Viswanathan, “Telecommunication Switching System and Networks”, Prentice Hall

Reference books:
• S. Keshav, “An Engineering Approach to Computer Networking”, Pearson Education.
• B. A. Forouzan, “Data Communications and Networking”, Tata McGraw Hill, 4th Edition.
• Andrew Tanenbaum, “Computer networks”, Prentice Hall.
• D. Comer, “Computer Networks and Internet/TCP-IP”, Prentice Hall. • William Stallings, “Data and computer
communications”, Prentice Hall.