BCA Syllabus – Computer Networks

6.2 Computer Networks

Second Year          Part III Group A              Fourth Semester                Subject Code:   

Unit - 1

Introduction: Uses of Computer Networks – Network Hardware – Network Software – Reference Models – Example Networks.

Unit - 2

 The Physical Layer:  Guided Transmission Media – Wireless Transmission – Communication Satellites-mobile telephone system

Unit - 3

The Data Link Layer: Data Link Layer Design Issues – Error Detection and Correction – Elementary Data Link Protocols – Sliding Window Protocols – The Channel Allocation Problem – Multiple Access Protocols –ALOHA , CSMA, Collision free protocols.

Unit - 4

The Network Layer: Network Layer Design Issues – Routing Algorithms- Shortest path, Flooding, Hierarchical and Broadcast. The Transport Layer: The Transport Service – Elements of Transport Protocols.

Unit - 5

The Application Layer: DNS-The Domain Name System – Electronic Mail – The World Wide Web – Multimedia.

TEXT BOOK :

1. Computer Networks by Andrew S. Tanenbaum, 4th Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.

 CHAPTERS 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3

                      2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.6

                      3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4.1

          4.1, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3

          5.1, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.6, 5.2.7,

          6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.2,

                      7.1, 7.2, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.4.1, 7.4.2, 7.4.6, 7.4.7