COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Management System - UET Taxila
• Introduction of computer networks and their applications, History of The Internet, Key factors in communication network evolution, Social issues, Network hardware, Network functions and network topology, Concepts of LAN & WAN, packet and circuit switching, The internet and the packet switching, Discussion on switching approaches, Theoretical basis for data Communications. • Concept of layering, Communication Models, OSI reference model, TCP/IP reference model, Guided Transmission Media, Wireless Transmission, Multiplexing Techniques. • LAN structure protocols, WLAN (80.11 standard), Static channel allocation, dynamic channel allocation, ALOHA, CSMA, CSMA-CD, Scheduling approaches, LAN standards, Network Devices, LAN bridges, Spanning Tree Algorithm. ARP, RARP. • IP addressing, Subnetting, Supernetting (CIDR), Routing in packet networks, shortest path algos, Routing Protocols, Distance Vector Routing, Link State Routing, Quality of Service (QoS), Internet service provider (ISP) Architecture. • TCP, UDP, Flow Control, Error Control, Congestion Control, QoS. • DNS, HHTP, Remote Login, Electronic Mail, File Transfer. • Extensive analytical and Quantitative approach in most of above topics.
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