Computer Networks Semester 5 (TE Third Year) BE Computer Engineering University of Mumbai Topics and Syllabus

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University of Mumbai Semester 5 (TE Third Year) Computer Networks and their Unit wise marks distribution

100 Introduction

History and development of computer network, network application, network software and hardware components, topology, protocol hierarchies, design issues for the layers, connection oriented and connectionless services, reference models: layer details of OSI, TCP/IP models.
Communication between layers.

200 Physical Layer

Guided Transmission Media:- Twisted pair, Coaxial, Fiber optics.
Unguided media (Wireless Transmission) Radio Waves, Bluetooth, Infrared, Virtual LAN.

300 Data Link Layer and MAC Layer

Data Link Layer:- DDL Design Issues, Functionalities of DLL, Flow control algorithms Sliding Window, Error Detection & Correction techniques, SDLC, PPP, Framing.
MAC Layer:- Aloha protocols, Control Access Protocol, Carrier Sense Multiple Access(CSMA), Ethernet, Local Area Networks Ethernet, Token ring, FDDI.

400 Network Layer

Communication Primitives:- Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast.
IP Addressing, Subnetting, IPv4, IPv6
Routing algorithms:- Link state routing, Distance Vector Routing, ARP, RARP, ICMP, Routing protocols RIP, OSPF, BGP, IGRP
Congestion control algorithms:- Open Loop congestion control, Closed Loop congestion control.

500 Transport Layer

The Transport Service:- Transport service primitives, Berkeley Sockets, Connection management, UDP, TCP, Socket Programming (TCP & UDP), Socket Programming examples, TCP Flow control, TCP Congestion Control, Multiplexing.

600 Application Layer

700 Network Management