ANNA UNIVERSITY COMPUTER NETWORKS CS8591 SYLLABUS REGULATION 2017 - Anna University Syllabus

Thursday, November 5, 2020

ANNA UNIVERSITY COMPUTER NETWORKS CS8591 SYLLABUS REGULATION 2017

OBJECTIVES
  • To understand the protocol layering and physical level communication. 
  • To analyze the performance of a network. 
  • To understand the various components required to build different networks. 
  • To learn the functions of network layer and the various routing protocols. 
  • To familiarize the functions and protocols of the Transport layer. 


UNIT I INTRODUCTION AND PHYSICAL LAYER 

Networks – Network Types – Protocol Layering – TCP/IP Protocol suite – OSI Model – Physical Layer: Performance – Transmission media – Switching – Circuit-switched Networks – Packet Switching. 

UNIT II DATA-LINK LAYER & MEDIA ACCESS 

Introduction – Link-Layer Addressing – DLC Services – Data-Link Layer Protocols – HDLC – PPP - Media Access Control - Wired LANs: Ethernet - Wireless LANs – Introduction – IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth – Connecting Devices. 

UNIT III NETWORK LAYER 

Network Layer Services – Packet switching – Performance – IPV4 Addresses – Forwarding of IP Packets - Network Layer Protocols: IP, ICMP v4 – Unicast Routing Algorithms – Protocols – Multicasting Basics – IPV6 Addressing – IPV6 Protocol. 

UNIT IV TRANSPORT LAYER 

Introduction – Transport Layer Protocols – Services – Port Numbers – User Datagram Protocol – Transmission Control Protocol – SCTP. 

UNIT V APPLICATION LAYER 

WWW and HTTP – FTP – Email –Telnet –SSH – DNS – SNMP.

OUTCOMES: 

On Completion of the course, the students should be able to: 
  • Understand the basic layers and its functions in computer networks. 
  • Evaluate the performance of a network.
  • Understand the basics of how data flows from one node to another. 
  • Analyze and design routing algorithms. 
  • Design protocols for various functions in the network. 
  • Understand the working of various application layer protocols.

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