CS5152 – COMPUTER NETWORKS Sylllabus

Anna University Tiruchirappalli - 620 024
Regulations 2007 Sylllabus
M.E. COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
SEMESTER II
CS5152 – COMPUTER NETWORKS

UNIT I NETWORK ARCHITECTURE 9
Layering and Protocols – OSI Architecture – Internet Architecture – Link and Medium Access
Protocols – Framing – Error Detection – Reliable Transmission – IEEE 802 Standards – Ethernet – Token Rings – Wireless – Network Adapters.

UNIT II NETWORK LAYER 9
Circuit Switching – Packet Switching – Switching and Forwarding – Bridges and LAN Switches –
Cell Switching – Inter networking – Routing – Global Internet – Multicast.

UNIT III TRANSPORT LAYER 9
UDP – TCP – Remote Procedure Call – Performance – Congestion Control and Resource Allocation – TCP Congestion Control – Congestion Avoidance Mechanisms – Quality of Service Bandwidth – Delay – Jitter.

UNIT IV NETWORK SECURITY AND APPLICATION 9
Cryptographic Algorithms – DES – RSA – MD5 – Security Mechanisms – Fire Walls – Name
Service – Traditional Applications – SMTP – HTTP – Multimedia Application – RTP – RTCP –
SCTP .

UNIT V NETWORK MANAGEMENT 9
Introduction – Network Monitoring – Network Control – SNMPV1 – Network Management
Concepts – Information – Standard MIBS.

Total: 45

TEXTBOOKS
1. Larry L. Peterson and Brule S. Davie, “Computer Networks A System Approach” ,2nd
Edition, MarGankangmann, Harcourt Asia, 2002 (Unit I, II, III & IV)
2. William Stallings, “SNMP, SNMP V2, SNMP V3, RMON 1 and 2”, 3rd Edition. Addison
Wesley, 6th Indian reprint 2002. (Unit V)

REFERENCES
1. J.F Kurose and K.W. Ross, “Computer Networking A top down approach featuring the
internet”, Addison Wesley, 2001.
2. William Stallings, “Data & Computer Communication”, 6th Edition, Pearson Education,
2002.
3. Mani Subramanian, “Network Management Principles and Practice”, Addison Wesley, 2000.