Data Communication: Communication Elements, direction of data flow, Networks, components and categories, types of connections, topologies, basic protocol and standards, ISO/OSI model, Transmission Media – Fibre Optics, Coaxial Cables, Line coding, Modem, RS 232 Interfacing sequences; Data Link Layer: Error Detection and Correction, Parity – LRC – CRC – Hamming code, basics of flow control and error control, LAN – Ethernet; Network Layer: Internetworking, Packet switching and Datagram, IP addressing, Subnets – routing – distance vector and link state routing – routers; Transport and Application Layer: Functions, Multiplexing, basics of TCP and UDP, Congestion control, QoS, DNS, SMTP – FTP – HTTP, WWW; Network Security: Basic Concepts, Access control, Cryptography, Network security, Firewalls, IDS, Security on the Internet and the World Wide Web, Vulnerabilities, Threats, Attack Techniques, Denial of Service. |
Text Books:
- Data Communications and Networking, B. A. Forouzan, McGrawHill, 4th Edition 2007
- Computer Networks, A. Tanenbaum,
- Computer Security, Mat Bishop, Pearson Education 2003
- Fundamentals of Computer Security, Pieprzyk et.al, Allied Publishers 2004
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