Module 1
Introduction, Physical Layer
1. List and Explain different types of Networks. 10M
2. With neat diagram explain protocol hierarchies. 10M
3. Compare between Connection-oriented versus connectionless service. 5M
4. List and explain the Service Primitives. 5M
5. With neat diagram explain A simple client-server interaction using acknowledged
datagrams. 7M
6. With neat diagram explain OSI Reference Model. 10M
7. Briefly explain The TCP/IP Reference Model. 8M
8. List and Explain different types Guided Transmission Media. 10M
9. Explain the fallowing with neat diagram. 10M
i. Radio Transmission
ii. Microwave Transmission
10. Explain the fallowing with neat diagram. 10M
i. Infrared Transmission
ii Light Transmission
MODULE 2
Data Link Layer, Medium Access Control Sub layer
1. List and Explain different types Services provided by the Data link Layer. 8M
2. Define framing? List and Explain the different types of framing Techniques. 10M
3. Explain the following. 10M
i. Flow control
ii. Error control
4. Generate the hamming code for the message 1000001 to detect and correct one bit
error. 10M
5. Explain the fallowing. 10M
i. Binary convolutional codes.
ii. Reed-Solomon codes.
iii. Low-Density Parity Check codes
6. Explain the fallowing with example. 10M
i. Parity
ii. Checksum
iii. CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check)
7. Define checksum? Suppose you have fallowing three frames, Framel (11001100),
Frame2 (10101010) and Frame3 (11110000) find the checksum. How receiver does
detects the error? 8M
8. Find the CRC for The Data bits 1101011111 with divisor G(x)-10011. 7M
9. With program explain Utopian Simplex Protocol. 8M
10. A Simplex Stop-and-Wait Protocol for an error free channel. 7M
11. With nest diagram Explain Stop-and-Wait Protocol for an error noisy channel. 8M
12. With neat diagram Explain & One-Bit Sliding Window Protocol (Explain Normal Case
and Abnormal case). 10M
13. With neat diagram Explain Selective Repeat. 8M
14. With neat diagram Explain Go Back N. 7M
15. Explain briefly the channel allocation problem for medium access control sub layer.
7M
16. Define ALOHA? Briefly explain types of ALOHA with neat diagrams. 7M
17. What is CSMA Protocol? Discuss its type with neat diagram. 8M
18. Explain CSMA with Collision detection protocol with neat diagram. 7M
19. Explain the following with neat diagram: 10M
i. A Bit-Map protocol
ii. Token Passing
iii. Binary Countdown
20. Explain the following with neat diagram. 10M
i. The Adaptive Tree Walk Protocol
ii. Wireless LAN Protocols
21. Implement program for A Utopian Simplex Protocol. 5M
22. Implement program for Simplex Stop-and-Wait Protocol for an error free channel. 7M
23. Implement program for Stop-and-Wait Protocol for an error noisy channel. 8M
24. Implement program for a one bit sliding window algorithm. 7M
MODULE 3
Network Layer
1. Explain network layer design issues. 10M
2. Compare Virtual-Circuit and Datagram Networks. 5M
3. Write short notes on. 7M
(a) Optimality principle
(b) Adaptive & Non Adaptive Algorithms
4.
5. Write short notes on. 6M
i. Flooding
ii. Distance Vector Routing
6. Explain The Count-to-Infinity Problem. 7M
7. With example explain Link State Routing. 8M
8. Explain with an example Hierarchical Routing. 7M
9. Explain with an example. 10M
i. Broadcast Routing
ii. Multicast Routing
iii. Any cast Routing
10. With neat diagram explain Routing for Mobile Hosts. 7M
11. Briefly explain Routing in Ad Hoc Networks. 8M
12. List and explain different types of Approaches to Congestion Control. 10M
13. What is traffic shaping? With neat diagram explain leaky bucket and token bucket.
8M
14. With neat diagram RSVP-The Resource Reservation Protocol. 7M
15. Explain the fallowing. 8M
i. Packet Scheduling
ii. Admission Control
16. Explain the fallowing. 8M
i. Expedited Forwarding
ii. Assured Forwarding
MODULE 4
The Transport Layer
1. Explain in detail services provided to the upper layer with neat diagram? 8M
2. Explain transport service primitives in detail. 5M
3. List and explain the Socket primitives for TCP. 5M
4. List the elements of transport protocol and explain addressing in detail. 8M
5. Write a Socket Programming for an Internet File Server. 10M
6. With neat diagram explain TCP Connection Establishment and Connection Release
phase. 10M
7. Explain the fallowing. 10m
i. Error Control and Flow Control
ii. Multiplexing
iii. Crash Recovery.
8. With neat diagram explain UDP Segment header Structure. 5M
9. List and explain different types of Congestion Control Mechanisms. 10M
10. With neat diagram explain Remote Procedure Call (RPC). 7M
11. With neat diagram explain RTP header format. 8M
12. Briefly The TCP Service Model. 7M
13. With neat diagram, explain the TCP Segment header Structure. 8M
14. With neat diagram, explain TCP Connection Management Modelling with finite sate
Machine. 10M
15. Explain the fallowing. 10M
a. TCP Connection Release.
b. TCP Connection Management Modelling
MODULE 5
Application Layer
1. Explain Network Application Architectures (or) Compare client server and peer to
peer architecture. 10M
2. What are the different transport services available to applications? Explain. 5M
3. Explain the HTTP request and HTTP response message format. 10M
4. With a neat diagram, explain Web caching and the significance of Conditional GET.
7M
5. With neat diagram Explain User-Server Interaction with Cookies. 8M
6. Explain the working of FTP with a neat diagram. List and explain the different FTP
Commands and Replies. 10M
7. Explain in detail Mail access protocols. 7M
8. With a neat diagram, explain how Root DNS server will interact with various DNS
servers upon request from client. 10M
9. Explain with neat diagram in detail DNS message format. 8M
10. Define SMTP? Explain with a neat diagram the basic operations of SMTP protocol?
8M
11. Explain the fallowing. 10M
I. Post Office Protocol (POP)
II. Internet Mail Access Protocol (IMAP) HTTP
12. List and explain the Services Provided by DNS. 8M
