Syllabus
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Course Code: MCA-20-24 Course Name: Elective-I - (ii) High Performance Networks |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | TCP/IP Networks: Standards and Administration; Internet Structure; ISPs and Backbone Networks; Internet Architecture; Key Requirements for Efficiency of Networks: Scalable Connectivity, Cost-Effective Resource Sharing, Support for Services, Manageability; Performance Parameters for High-Speed Networks; Application Performance Needs. Network Technologies for High-Speed Networks: Ethernet and its High speed versions, FDDI, Frame Relay Networks; SONET; DWDM; ATM: Design goals, Architecture and Logical Connection, ATM Cells, connection establishment and release, Switching, ATM Layers. Wireless Networks: 802.11 Wireless LANs/Wi-Fi: Architecture, MAC Protocol, Frame, Mobility in the same IP subnet; LAN Interoperability; 802.16 Wireless MAN/Wi-Max: Services, Layers. Cellular Internet Access: Architecture, Cellular Standards and Technologies, Managing Mobility in Cellular Networks. |
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| 2 | Link Layer addressing & protocols: Types of Addresses and Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) ; HDLC; PPP. Network Layer Performance and Protocols in TCP/IP : Delay, Throughput, Packet Loss, Congestion Control; Internet Protocol (IPv4); Fragmentation; Type of Service; Classful and Classless addressing; Subnetting & Supernetting; DHCP; CIDR. Private Network Interconnection: Virtual Private Network; Network Address Translation (NAT). Next Generation IP: IPv6; ICMP; Mobile IP; Address Mapping: Multicasting & IGMP. |
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| 3 | TCP/IP Transport Layer and Congestion Control: Client/Server paradigm; Peer-to-Peer Paradigm; Port numbers; TCP connection; TCP flow and congestion control; Congestion –Avoidance Mechanisms: DECbit, Random Early Detection(RED), Source-Based Congestion Avoidance; UDP services and applications; SCTP Services & Features. Quality of Service in IP Networks: Application Requirements; Data flow characteristics; Integrated Services (RSVP); Differentiated Services ; Multiprotocol Label Switching; Real-Time Transport Protocol. Internet Routing Protocols: Unicast Routing Protocols (RIP; OSPF; BGP); Multicast Routing and Protocols (DVMRP, MOSPF, PIM, MBGP). Mobile Adhoc Networks: Introduction; Table-Driven and On-Demand Routing Protocols. |
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| 4 | Standard Client-Server Protocols and Applications: WWW and HTTP; Web Services; FTP connections; Electronic-Mail architecture & Security; Remote logging using TELNET. Domain Name System: Name Space, DNS in the Internet, Caching, Resource records, messages. Client-server programming: Application Programming Interface; Introduction to Sockets; Socket Descriptors; Ports and Connection. Network Management: Introduction, Management Information Base (MIB); SNMP. |
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