SNS COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

COIMBATORE – 35

COURSE PLAN

ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-2011(ODD SEMESTER)

NAME : R.DURGA SEMESTER : V

DESIGNATION : LECTURER\CSE CLASS : III CSE “A”

COURSE : COMPUTER NETWORKS

UNIT: 1
No. Method of Title of
S.No Name of the topic of instruction the book
Hrs
Uses of Computer
1 Networks,Components and 1 Black board
Direction of Data flow

Networks components and

2 1 Black board
Categories.

Types of Connections,
3 1 OHP
Topologies Behrouz A. Forouzan, “Data
Communications and
Reference models:OSI and
4 1 OHP Networks”, 4/E, Tata
TCP/IP McGraw Hill Publication,
2006.
MultipleAccess: Random
5 1 LCD
Access, Controlled Access.

6 LAN: Token Ring, FDDI 1 LCD

Ethernet- Fast Ethernet,

7 1 Black board
Gigabit Ethernet

Wireless LANs: IEEE

8 1 LCD
802.11a/b/g/n
8 hrs
UNIT 2:
S.No Name of the topic No. Method of Title of
of instruction the book
Hrs

Data Link Layer: Error

Detection and Correction
9 2 Black board
(Parity – LRC – CRC – Behrouz A. Forouzan, “Data
Hamming code) Communications and
Networks”, 4/E, Tata McGraw
Flow Control and Error Hill Publication, 2006.
10 control protocols (stop and 2 Blackboard
wait – go back)
N ARQ -Selectiverepeat OHP
11 1
ARQ- sliding window

12 HDLC 2 OHP

13 Bridges:Spanning tree 1 LCD

8 hrs

UNIT 3:

Method of Title of
No. of
S.No Name of the topic instruction the book
Hrs

Network Layer: IP
14 addressing methods – 2 Black board
Subnetting
Routing Algorithms: Shortest
15 2 LCD
path Algorithm
Andrew. S. Tanenbaum,
16 Flooding 1 Black board “Computer Networks”, Forth
edition,
17 Flow based routing 1 Black board Pearson Education, 2002.

18 Distance vector routing 1 Black board

19 Link state routing 1 OHP

20 Hierarchical routing 1 LCD

9 hrs
UNIT 4:

No. Method of Title of

S.No Name of the topic of instruction the book
Hrs
Transport Layer: Duties of
21 transport layer, Multiplexing and 1 Black board
Demultiplexing.
22 Sockets, UDP, TCP. 2 OHP
Congestion Control Techniques:
23 Leaky bucket algorithm, Token 2 Black board Andrew. S. Tanenbaum,
bucket algorithm. “Computer Networks”,
Forth edition,
Congestion prevention Policies:
24 1 LCD Pearson Education, 2002.
Traffic shaping, Choke packets.

25 Load Shedding, Jitter Control. 1 LCD

26 Application Layer: DNS, SMTP. 2 Black board

27 FTP, HTTP. 1 OHP

10 hrs

UNIT 5:

No. of Method of Title of

S.No Name of the topic instruction the book
Hrs
Introduction: Storage
28 2 LCD
Area Network
29 Peer to Peer network 1 Black board
Andrew. S. Tanenbaum,
30 Overlay network 2 Black board “Computer Networks”,
Forth edition,
Wireless network: Pearson Education, 2002.
31 2 LCD
Adhoc
32 Sensor network 1 Black board
33 optical Network. 2 Black board

10 hrs
TEXT BOOKS
1. Behrouz A. Forouzan, “Data Communications and Networks”, 4/E,
Tata McGraw Hill Publication, 2006.

REFERENCES

1. William Stallings ,”Data & Computer Communications”, Sixth Edition,

Pearson Education Asia, 2002.

2. Andrew. S. Tanenbaum, “Computer Networks”, Forth edition,

Pearson Education, 2002.

3. Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie ,” Computer Networks: A systems

approach” , Third Edition, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2003.

PREPARED BY HOD/CSE PRINCIPAL