Computer Networks

Code: MA3571H | L-T-P-C: 3-0-0-3

Introduction to computer networks,  OSI and TCP/IP Model; Local area networks: Multiple access techniques – wired and wireless; Concepts of switched networks, Internet addressing and routing algorithms; Transport protocols, UDP, TCP, flow control, congestion control; Application Layer: Client-Server and P2P architecture, API; Application layer protocols such as DNS, SSL, WWW, HTTP.

Texts:

• L. L. Peterson and B. S. Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Sixth Edition, Morgan Kaufmann, 2021.
• A. S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, Fifth Edition, Pearson India, 2013.

 

References:

• J. F. Kurose and K. W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, Eighth Edition, Pearson Education, 2022.
• D. E. Comer, Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume-1, Sixth Edition, Pearson Education, 2015.
• S. Keshav, An Engineering Approach to Computer Networking, First Edition, Pearson India, 1999.
• B. Forouzan, Data Communications and Networking, Fourth Edition,Tata Mcgraw Hill, 2006.