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CS 3200 Computer Networks Jan – May 2016
CS3200 - Computer Networks
Syllabus as given in department web site:• Motivation: goals of
networking, well-known applications such as web, e-mail
and ftp => need for a layered architecture, OSI and
Internet.
• Host-to-host communication: RS-232 over serial line;
handshaking and error
handling; packet switching; reliable transmission -
stop-and-wait, sliding
window; logical connections.
• Multiple co-located hosts: addressing, LAN access methods;
CSMA/CD,
Ethernet, Token passing, wireless LANs; Simple performance
models; WAN
access methods - PPP.
• Remotely located hosts: addressing, interconnection of LANs;
repeaters,
bridges, routers; ATM cell-switching
• IP: routing protocols (RIP and OSPF); congestion control
concepts and
mechanisms (choke packets, leaky bucket); IPv4
• End-to-end reliability: the end-to-end argument; protocols -
TCP, UDP, RPC;
connection establishment, flow control.
• Applications protocols for email, ftp, web, DNS.
• Advanced topics (any 2 of the following): Wireless
networks and mobile
computing; network management systems; security threats
and solutions;
IPv6; ATM; Multimedia applications and its
impact on networking.
References
1. Peterson & Davie, "Computer Networks, A Systems
Approach", 2nd ed.,
Morgan Kaufmann, 2000.2. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, "Computer
Networks", 4th ed., Prentice Hall, 2003.3. Keshav, "An Engineering
Approach to Computer Networks", Addison
Wesley, 1998.
Source: http://www.cse.iitm.ac.in/academics/cs3200.php
Under advanced topics, itaici!ed topics wi "e discussed as a
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Course Instructor: Professor S V Raghavan
'ro#essor S ( )a%$avan Sya"us and *vauation 'attern
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CS 3200 Computer Networks Jan – May 2016
Evaluation:
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23rd e"ruary
2016
20 Marks
Structure o# t$e -uestion paper
10 Questions – 2 Marks Each
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20 !ut o" 100
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Caendar
2t$ Marc$ 2016
20 Marks
Structure o# t$e -uestion paper
# Questions – $ Marks Each
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40 out o" 100
*nd
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+s per +cademic
Caendar
3rd May 2016
60 Marks
Structure o# t$e -uestion paper
# Questions – 2 Marks Each% &10'
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3 Questions – 10 Marks Each% &30'
Cumulative
ssessment:
100 out of 100
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'ro#essor S ( )a%$avan Sya"us and *vauation 'attern
11t$ January 2016
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