CS808: ADVANCED COMPUTER NETWORKS(ACN)

(M.Tech CSE-II Semester)

Scheme : 2013
Internal Assessment : 30
End Exam : 70
End Exam Duration : 3 Hrs

Course Objectives:
To make the students understand the structured environment to develop critical
understanding of relevant, modern theories associated with practical expertise in
networking technologies and applications in a wide range of contexts.
Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to understand major functions of each layer of the OSI and TCP/IP
Protocol suites, congestion control algorithms, Internetworking, QoS, TCP and UDP
and network security

Review of Computer Networks and the Internet: What is the Internet. ISPs and
Internet Backbones, History of Computer Networking and the Internet.
Foundation of Networking Protocols: 5-layer TCP/IP Model, 7-Layer OSI Model.
Logical Addressing: IPv4 Addresses, IPv6 Addresses
Internet Protocol: Internetworking, IPv4, IPv6, Transition from IPv4 to IPv6
Transport and End-to-End Protocols: Transport Layer, Transmission Control Protocol
(TCP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), TCP Congestion Control and Mobile TCP.
Application Layer: Principles of Network Applications, HTTP, FTP, SMTP and DNS
Wireless Network and Mobile IP: Infrastructure of Wireless Networks, Wireless LAN
Technologies, IEEE 802.11 Wireless Standard, Cellular Networks, Mobile IP.
Network Security: Cryptography, Firewalls, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Virtual
Private Networks (VPN).
Case study: Study of various network simulators, Network performance analysis using
NS2.

Text Books:
1. Behrouz A.Forouzan, [4th Edition], Data Communications and Networking, Tata
McGraw Hill, 2007
2. Jochen Schiller, [2011], Mobile Communications, Pearson Education
Reference Books:
1. Computer Networks, AndrewS. Tanenbaum, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall.
2. An Engineering Approach to Computer Networks, S.Keshar, II Edition, Pearson Ed.

NOTE: The question paper shall consist of Eight questions out of which the student shall
answer any Five questions.