RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERING COLLEGE

Thandalam, Chennai – 602 105

LESSON PLAN

Faculty Name : D.SORNA SHANTHI Code : CS66

Subject Name : COMPUTER NETWORKS Code : CS1302
Year : III Semester : V
Degree & Branch : B.E. – C.S.E. Section : A

Aim:
To introduce the concepts, terminologies and technologies used in modern days data
communication and computer networking.

Objectives:
• To understand the concepts of data communications.
• To study the functions of different layers.
• To introduce IEEE standards employed in computer networking.
• To make the students to get familiarized with different protocols and network components.

Text Book(s):
1. Behrouz A. Forouzan, “Data communication and Networking”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2004.

Reference Book(s):
1. James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross, “Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach
Featuring the Internet”, Pearson Education, 2003.
2. Larry L.Peterson and Peter S. Davie, “Computer Networks”, Harcourt Asia Pvt. Ltd., Second
Edition.
3. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, “Computer Networks”, PHI, Fourth Edition, 2003.

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Date Period Unit Topic(s) Page(s)
No. Book No.
Components , Direction of 1-4,28-
1 18-06-08 3 1 Dataflow
T 1
30
Networks – Components and
18-06-08 & Categories , types of Connections 4-13,21-
2 4,6 1 T 1
20-06-08 Topologies, Protocols and 28,30-33
Standards
3 24-06-08 1 1 ISO / OSI model T 1 43-57
25-06-08 & Transmission Media ,Coaxial
4 3,4,6 1 Cable ,Fiber Optics
T 1 187-211
27-06-08
1-07-08 & Line Coding, Modems, and
5 1,3 1 RS232 Interfacing sequences.
T 1 139-175
2-07-08
2-07-08 & Error – detection and correction –
Parity – LRC – CRC – Hamming
6 4-07-08 & 4,6,1 2 T 1 273-292
code
8-07-08
F low Control and Error control -
stop and wait ,go back-N ARQ
7 9-07-08 3,4 2 T 1 301-321
,selective repeat ARQ sliding
window
8 11-07-08 6 2 HDLC T 1 340-357
15-07-08& LAN - Ethernet IEEE 802.3
9 1,3 2 ,IEEE 802.4
T 1 369-386
16-07-08
16-07-08 IEEE 802.5 , IEEE 802.11
10 4,6 2 T 1 386-392,
18-07-08
FDDI , SONET , Bridges. 393-
22-07-08 & 400,593-
11 1,3,4 2 T 1
23-07-08 606,616-
620
Internet works – Packet
25-07-08 &
12 6,1 3 Switching and Datagram T 1 431-447
29-07-08
approach
IP addressing methods,
13 30-07-08 3,4 3 T 1 707-721
Subnetting.
1-08-08 & Routing – Distance Vector
14 6,1 3 T 1 620-633
5-08-08 Routing – Routers
15 6-08-08 3,4 3 Link State Routing T 1 633-639
Duties of transport layer –
16 8-08-08 6 4 T 1 649-662
Multiplexing , Demultiplexing
12-08-08 &
17 1, 3 4 Sockets T 1 706
13-08-08

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Date Period Unit Topic(s) Page(s)
No. Book No.
18 13-08-08 3,4 4 User Datagram Protocol (UDP) T 1 722-723
Transmission Control Protocol
19 15-08-08 6 4 T 1 723-725
(TCP)
19-08-08 & Congestion Control ,Quality of
20 1,3,4 4 T 1 768-776
20-08-08 services (QOS)
22-08-08 &
21 6,1 4 Integrated Services. T 1 780-784
26-08-08
22 27-08-08 3,4 5 Domain Name Space (DNS) T 1 740-742
29-08-08 &
23 6,1 5 SMTP T 1 747-751
2-09-08
24 3-09-08 3,4 5 FTP T 1 745-747
5-09-08 &
25 6,1 5 HTTP T 1 755-758
9-09-08
26 10-09-08 3,4 5 WWW T 1 758-765
12-09-08 &
27 6,1 5 Security , Cryptography T 1 931-960
16-09-08

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