DE21 DATA COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKS

1. Introduction 6 hours

1.1 Data Communication Fundamentals

1.2 Data transmission

1.3 Transmission Media

1.4 Data modulation, encoding and data communication interface

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2. Data communication Model, Protocols, Architectures 6 hours

2.1 Data Communication Model

2.2 Network Topologies

2.3 Protocols and protocol architectures

2.4 OSI Model, TCP/IP Model

2.5 Comparison between OSI and TCP/IP Models

I [2]

3. Multiplexing and Data Link Control 8 hours

3.1 Multiplexing(FDM, Synchronous TDM, Statistical TDM,ADSL)

3.2 Error detection/control, HDLC

3.3 Data Link Control

3.4 Flow control

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4. Local Area Networks 8 hours

4.1 LAN technology: Architecture Bus, Ring, Star

4.2 Wireless LANs

4.3 Bridges

4.4 LAN Systems: Ethernet(IEEE 802.3),Token Ring, FDDI

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5. Circuit and Packet Switching Networks 8 hours

5.1 Switching Networks

5.2 Circuit Switching Networks/concepts

5.3 Routing circuit switched networks

5.4 Packet switching principles

5.5 Routing Techniques

5.6 X.25

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6. TCP/IP Networks 8 hours

6.1 The TCP/IP Architecture

6.2 The Internet Protocol

6.3 IPV6

6.4 User Datagram Protocol

6.5 Transmission Control Protocol

6.6 Internet Routing Protocols

6.7 IP Multicasting

6.8 DHCP and Mobile IP

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7. ISDN, ATM and Frame Relay Networks 8 hours

7.1 Overview if ISDN: ISDN Channels, User Access, ISDN protocols

7.2 Broadband ISDN

7.3 ATM Protocol architecture

7.4 Logical Connections

7.5 ATM cells

7.6 ATM services

7.7 ATM adaptation Layer

7.8 Frame Relay

7.9 Congestion control

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8. Higher Level Protocols 8 hours

8.1 Application protocols

8.2 FTAM

8.3 Electronic Mail (SMTP, MIME)

8.4 HTTP

8.5 WWW

8.6 SNMP

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Text Books

I. Stallings W. Data and Computer Communications. PHI Ltd Seventh Edition,2003

Reference Books:

1. A.S. Tanenbaum "Computer Networks"PHI, 4th Edition, 2003

2. Behrouz, Forouzan., Data Communication and Networking TMH 1999