Savitribai Phule Pune University, Maharashtra (SPPU), Information Technology Semester 6, Computer Network Technology Syllabus

314450 : COMPUTER NETWORK TECHNOLOGY

CREDITS - 03

UNIT – I NETWORK LAYER 06 Hours
Network Layer Services, IPv4 Addresses: Classful and Classless Addressing, Special Addresses, NAT, Subnetting, Supernetting, Delivery and Forwarding of IP Packet, Structure of Router, IPv4: Fragmentation, Options, Checksum, ARP: Address Mapping, ARP Protocol, RARP, DHCP, ICMPv4, Unicast Distance Vector Routing, Link State Routing, Unicast Routing Protocols: RIP,EIGRP,OSPF,BGP, IPv6 Addressing.
 

UNIT – II TRANSPORT LAYER 06 Hours
Transport Layer Services, UDP: Datagram, Services, Applications, TCP: Services, Features, Segment, TCP Connection, Window in TCP, Flow control, Congestion Control, Congestion Control Algorithms, Leaky Bucket, Token Bucket and QoS, TCP Timers, Options, TCP Package, Applications, SCTP: Features, Services, Packet Format, 

Socket: TCP and UDP Socket, Applications.
 

UNIT – III APPLICATION LAYER 06 Hours
Client Server Paradigm: Communication using TCP and UDP, Peer to Peer Paradigm, Application Layer
Protocols: DNS, FTP, TFTP, HTTP, SMTP, POP, IMAP, MIME, Network Management: SNMP.
 

UNIT – IV WIRELESS STANDARDS 06 Hours
Electromagnetic Spectrum: Spectrum Allocation, Radio Propagation Mechanism, Characteristics of Wireless Channel, Wireless LANs: Architectural Comparison, Characteristics, Access Control,

IEEE 802.11: Architecture, MAC Sub Layer, Addressing Mechanism, Physical Layer, Bluetooth: Architecture, Layers,

IEEE 802.16/WiMax: Services, Architecture, Layers, Differences between Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.16.
 

UNIT – V ADHOC WIRELESS NEWTORK 06 Hours
Infrastructure Network and Infrastructure-less Wireless Networks, Issues in Adhoc Wireless Network, Adhoc Network MAC Layer: Design Issues, Design Goal, Classification, MACAW, Adhoc Network Routing Layer: Issues in Designing a Routing Protocol for Ad-hoc Wireless Networks – Classifications of Routing Protocols, DSDV, AODV, DSR,

Adhoc Transport Layer: Issues in Designing a Transport Layer Protocol for Ad hoc Wireless Networks – Design Goals of a Transport Layer Protocol for Ad hoc Wireless Networks –Classification of Transport Layer Solutions, TCP over Adhoc Wireless Networks.
 

UNIT – VI RECENT TRENDS IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 06 Hours
Satellite Network: Operation, GEO Satellites, MEO Satellites, LEO Satellites, Wireless Sensor Network:Functioning, Characteristics, Operation, Cluster Management

Computational Grid: Design, Issues

Internet of Things: Vision, Trends, Significance, Technical Building Blocks, Issues and Challenges, Applications, IoE.
Software Defined Network: SDN Implication for research and innovation, Genesis of SDN, Characteristics of SDN, SDN Operations, SDN Devices, SDN Controllers, SDN Application, OpeFLow Overview, Network Function
Virtualization: Introduction, Applications

Network Neutrality: Need, Requirements (e Reference from research papers and web)
 

Text Books
1. Behrouz A. Forouzan, TCP/IP Protocol Suite, McGraw Hill Education, ISBN: 978-0-07-070652-1, 4th Edition.
2. C. Siva Ram Murthy, B. S. Manoj, Adhoc Wireless Networks: Architecture and Protocols, Pearson Education, ISBN: 978-81-317-0688-6, 1st Edition.
3. Behrouz A. Forouzan, Data Communication and Networking, McGraw Hill Education, ISBN: 978-1-25-906475-3, 5th Edition.
 

Reference Books

1. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, David J. Wethrall, Computer Network, Pearson Education, ISBN: 978-0-13-212695-3.
2. Kurose Ross, Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Pearson Education, ISBN: 978-81-7758-878-1.
3. Charles E. Perkins, Adhoc Networking, Pearson Education, 978-81-317-2096-7.
4. Andrea Goldsmith, Wireless Communication, Cambridge University Press, ISBN:978-0-521-83716-3.
5. Mayank Dave, Computer Network, Cengage Learning, ISBN: 978-81-315-0986-9.
6. C. K. Toh, Ad Hoc Mobile Wireless Networks Protocols and Systems, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 978-01-324-42046.
7. Paul Goransson, Chuck Black, Software Defined Networks: A Comprehensive Approach, Morgan Kaufmann, ISBN: 978-0124166752.
8. Natalia Olifer, Victor Olifer, Computer Networks: Principles, Technologies and Protocols for Network Design, Wiley India, ISBN: 9788126509171
9. Kazem Sohraby, Daniel Minoli, Taieb Znati, Wireless Sensor Networks: Technology, Protocols and Applications, Wiley India, ISBN: 9788126527304
10. P. Nicopolitidis, M.S. Obaidat, G.I. Papadimitriou, A.S. Pomportsis, Wireless Networks, Wiley India, ISBN : 9788126522200