Course Name: CS3200 : Computer Networks

Description: Motivation: goals of networking, well-known applications such as web, e-mail and ftp => need for a layered architecture, OSI and Internet. Host-to-host communication: RS-232 over serial line; handshaking and error handling; packet switching; reliable transmission - stop-and-wait, sliding window; logical connections. Multiple co-located hosts: addressing, LAN access methods; CSMA/CD, Ethernet, Token passing, wireless LANs; Simple performance models; WAN access methods - PPP. Remotely located hosts: addressing, interconnection of LANs; repeaters, bridges, routers; ATM cell-switching IP: routing protocols (RIP and OSPF); congestion control concepts and mechanisms (choke packets, leaky bucket); IPv4 End-to-end reliability: the end-to-end argument; protocols - TCP, UDP, RPC; connection establishment, flow control. Applications protocols for email, ftp, web, DNS. Advanced topics (any 2 of the following): Wireless networks and mobile computing; network management systems; security threats and solutions; IPv6;

Slot: F

RoomNo: CS34

Instructor: Krishna M Sivalingam

Period: JAN-MAY 2013

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