CS8591 – COMPUTER

NETWORKS
PAVETHRA MANIVEL AP/CSE
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INTRODUCTION & PHYSICAL LAYER
TOPIC – NETWORKS
• Definition: A network is the interconnection of a set of devices
capable of communication. A Device can be a host, computer, laptop,
workstation and cellular phone.
• Network Criteria:
Performance

Reliability

Security
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INTRODUCTION & PHYSICAL LAYER
TOPIC – NETWORKS
Network Criteria – Performance
• This criteria can be evaluated in many ways.
• Performance of a network includes transit time and response time.
Transit time is the amount of time required for a message to travel from one
device to another.
Response time is the elapsed time between an inquiry and a response.
Performance of a network also depends on:
 No of users.
 Type of transmission media.
 Hardware and Software.
Number of users: Having a large number of concurrent users can slow the
response time in the network.
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INTRODUCTION & PHYSICAL LAYER
TOPIC – NETWORKS
Network Criteria – Performance
• Performance of a network
 Type of Transmission medium: The medium defines the path/speed at which
the data can travel through the connection. Proper transmission medium
must be selected.
 Hardware: Higher speed computer with greater storage provides better
performance.
 Software: Software is used to process the data. The processing of data
involves
 Moving a message from one node to another node.
 Transform the raw data into transmittable signals.
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INTRODUCTION & PHYSICAL LAYER
TOPIC – NETWORKS
Network Criteria – Reliability
• Network Reliability is measured by the frequency of failure, the time
it takes to recover from the failure and the robustness in a catastrophe.

Network Criteria - Security

• Network Security includes protecting data from unauthorized access,
protecting the data from damage and procedures for recovery from
breaches.
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INTRODUCTION & PHYSICAL LAYER
TOPIC – TRANSMISSION MODE
• Definition: Transmission mode is used to define the direction of signal flow
between two linked devices.
• Three types of modes are:
a. Simplex mode:
 Communication is unidirectional.
 Among two nodes, only one node can transmit, the other node can only receive.
 Eg: Radio broadcasting, television broadcasting.
b. Half Duplex mode:
 Both nodes can send and receive, but not at the same time.
 Eg: Walkie - talkie
c. Full Duplex mode:
• Both nodes can send and receive simultaneously.
• Eg: Whatsapp.
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INTRODUCTION & PHYSICAL LAYER
TOPIC – CATEORIES OF NETWORK
• Categories of Network:
Local area network.
Metropolitan area network.
Wide area network.
• Local Area Network(LAN):
Privately owned and links the devices in a single office, building or campus.
Depending on the needs the LAN consists of two PC’s or it can extend
throughout a company.
LANs are designed to allow resources to be shared between personal
computers
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INTRODUCTION & PHYSICAL LAYER
TOPIC – CATEORIES OF NETWORK
• Local Area Network:
One of the computer may be given a larger capacity disk drive and may
become a server to other clients.
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INTRODUCTION & PHYSICAL LAYER
TOPIC – CATEORIES OF NETWORK
• Metropolitan Area Network (MAN):
Designed to extend over an entire city.
It may be a single network or collection of number of LAN’s connected a
large network.
Eg: A company can use MAN to connect the LAN’s in all of its office
throughout a city.
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INTRODUCTION & PHYSICAL LAYER
TOPIC – CATEORIES OF NETWORK
• Wide Area Network(WAN):
Provides long distance transmission of data over a geographical areas. All the
user programs are installed on host.
Hosts are connected by subnets. Subnets consists of transmission lines and
switching elements.
Transmission lines are used to transfer between two machines.
Switching elements are used to connect transmission lines.
Switching elements are called as routers.
 INTRODUCTION & PHYSICAL LAYER
TOPIC – POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
(NETWORKS, TRANSMISSION MODE & CATEGORY OF NETWORKS)

Network:
Part A
1. Define network.
2. List out the network criteria.
3. What is Performance?
4. What is transit time and response time?
5. What are the factors that affect the performance of a network?
6. Define reliability.
7. Define security.
Part B
1. Briefly explain about the network criteria
 INTRODUCTION & PHYSICAL LAYER
TOPIC – POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
(NETWORKS, TRANSMISSION MODE & CATEGORY OF NETWORKS)

• Transmission mode:
1. Define transmission mode.
2. What are the three types of transmission mode?
3. Define simplex mode. Give example.
4. What is half duplex mode? Give example.
5. What is full duplex mode? Give example.
 INTRODUCTION & PHYSICAL LAYER
TOPIC – POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
(NETWORKS, TRANSMISSION MODE & CATEGORY OF NETWORKS)

Categories of Network:
Part A
1. Define LAN. Give example.
2. Define MAN. Give example.
3. Define WAN. Give example.
Part
1. Illustrate the different categories of network with necessary diagrams.