DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING
Data Communication and Networks
Course Code:23CSE401 Credits: 03
L: T: P: 3:0:0:3 CIE: UE: 50:50
Prerequisite: Digital Logic Design
Course Learning Objectives (CLO)
The objective of this course is to make students to
1. Discussion on the various basic concepts and layered network architecture
2. Understanding the concepts related to various network protocols and their association
with layers of OSI Reference model
3. Detailed explanation on different types of network addresses, Routing, error detection and
correction at different layers of OSI Model
4. Exploring and learning various user level protocols and it’s applications
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course, students will be able to
Cours Bloom’s
Description
e Taxonomy
Outcom Level
es
Discuss the Categories and functions of various Data
CO1 communication Networks Understanding
(2)
CO2 Explain the Design and analyze various error detection Understanding
techniques.
(2)
CO3 Demonstrate the mechanism of routing the data in network Applying (3)
layer
Explain the significance of various Flow control and
CO4 Congestion control Mechanisms Understanding
(2)
CO5 Discuss the Functioning of various Application layer Understanding
Protocols. (2)
Course Contents
MODULE 1: Introduction to Data Communications [10 hours]
Components, Data Representation, Data Flow, Networks- Distributed Processing, Network Criteria,
Physical Structures, Network Models, Categories of Networks Interconnection of Networks, The Internet -
A Brief History, The Internet Today, Protocol and Standards - Protocols, Standards, Standards
Organizations, Internet Standards. Network Models, Layered Tasks, OSI model, Layers in OSI model,
TCP/IP Protocol Suite, Addressing Introduction, Wireless Links and Network Characteristics, WiFi: 802.11
Wireless LANs -The 802.11 Architecture.
MODULE 2: Data Link Layer [10 hours]
Links, Access Networks, and LANs- Introduction to the Link Layer, The Services Provided by the
Link Layer, Types of errors, Redundancy, Detection vs Correction, Forward error correction
Versus Retransmission Error-Detection and Correction Techniques, Parity Checks, Check
summing Methods, Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) , Framing, Flow Control and Error Control
protocols , Noisy less Channels and Noisy Channels, HDLC, Multiple Access Protocols, Random
Access ,ALOHA, Controlled access, Channelization Protocols. 802.11 MAC Protocol, IEEE
802.11 Frame.\
MODULE 3: The Network Layer [08 hours]
Introduction, Forwarding and Routing, Network Service Models, Virtual Circuit and Datagram
Networks-Virtual-Circuit Networks, Datagram Networks, Origins of VC and Dat\agram Networks,
Inside a Router-Input Processing, Switching, Output Processing, Queuing, The Routing Control
Plane, The Internet Protocol(IP):Forwarding and Addressing in the Internet- Datagram format,
Ipv4 Addressing, Internet Control Message Protocol(ICMP), IPv6
MODULE 4: Transport Layer [09 hours]
Introduction and Transport Layer Services : Relationship Between Transport and Network Layers,
Overview of the Transport Layer in the Internet, Multiplexing and Demultiplexing, Connectionless
Transport: UDP -UDP Segment Structure, UDP Checksum, Principles of Reliable Data Transfer-
Building a Reliable Data Transfer Protocol, Pipelined Reliable Data Transfer Protocols, Go- Back-
N(GBN), Selective Repeat(SR), Connection Oriented Transport: TCP - The TCP Connection, TCP
Segment Structure, Round-Trip Time Estimation and Timeout, Reliable Data Transfer, Flow
Control, TCP Connection Management, Principles of Congestion Control - The Cause and the
Costs of Congestion, Approaches to Congestion Control
MODULE 5: Application Layer [08 hours]
Principles of Networking Applications – Network Application Architectures, Processes
Communicating, Transport Services Available to Applications, Transport Services Provided by the File
Transfer: FTP,- FTP Commands and Replies, Electronic Mail in the Internet- STMP, Comparison with
HTTP, DNS-The Internet’s Directory Service – Service Provided by DNS, Overview of How DNS
Works, DNS Records and messages.
TEXTBOOKS:
1. Data Communications and Networking Behrouz A. Forouzan 4th Edition McGraw-Hill Education
2. Computer Networks -- Andrew S Tanenbaum, 4th Edition, Pearson Education
REFERENCES:
1. Data communication and Networks - Bhusan Trivedi, Oxford university press, 2016
2. Computer Networking A Top-Down Approach – Kurose James F, Keith W, 6th Edition, Pearson.
3. Data and Computer Communications - William Stallings, 10th Edition, Pearson Education.
4. Understanding Communications and Networks, 3rd Edition, W. A. Shay, Cengage Learning.
