Unit – 9 : Data Communication and Computer Networks
Data Communication : Components of a Data Communication System, Simplex, Half
Duplex and Duplex Modes of Communication; Analog and Digital Signals; Noiseless
and Noisy Channels; Bandwidth, Throughput and Latency; Digital and Analog
Transmission; Data Encoding and Modulation Techniques; Broadband and Baseband
Transmission; Multiplexing, Transmission Media, Transmission Errors, Error Handling
Mechanisms.
Computer Networks : Network Topologies, Local Area Networks, Metropolitan Area
Networks, Wide Area Network, Wireless Networks, Internet.
Network Models : Layered Architecture, OSI Reference Model and its Protocols;
TCP/IP Protocol Suite, Physical, Logical, Port and Specific Addresses; Switching
Techniques.
Functions of OSI and TCP/IP Layers : Framing, Error Detection and Correction; Flow
and Error Control; Sliding Window Protocol, HDLC, Multiple Access – CSMA/CD,
CSMA/CA, Reservation, Polling, Token Passing, FDMA, CDMA, TDMA, Network
Devices, Backbone Networks, Virtual LANs. IPv4 Structure and Address Space;
Classful and Classless Addressing; Datagram, Fragmentation and Checksum; IPv6
Packet Format, Mapping Logical to Physical Address (ARP), Direct and Indirect
Network Layer Delivery; Routing Algorithms, TCP, UDP and SCTP Protocols; Flow
Control, Error Control and Congestion Control in TCP and SCTP.
World Wide Web (WWW) : Uniform Resource Locator (URL), Domain Name Service
(DNS), Resolution – Mapping Names to Addresses and Addresses to Names;
Electronic Mail Architecture, SMTP, POP and IMAP; TELNET and FTP.
Network Security : Malwares, Cryptography and Steganography; Secret-Key
Algorithms, Public-Key Algorithms, Digital Signature, Virtual Private Networks, Firewalls.
Mobile Technology : GSM and CDMA; Services and Architecture of GSM and Mobile
Computing; Middleware and Gateway for Mobile Computing; Mobile IP and Mobile
Communication Protocol; Communication Satellites, Wireless Networks and Topologies;
Cellular Topology, Mobile Adhoc Networks, Wireless Transmission and Wireless LANs;
Wireless Geolocation Systems, GPRS and SMS.