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Unit 9 CN

The document provides an overview of data communication and computer networks. It discusses topics such as data communication components and modes, transmission methods, network topologies, layered network models, protocols, functions of OSI and TCP/IP layers, IP addressing, routing algorithms, applications like the world wide web, network security, and mobile technologies.

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Unit 9 CN

The document provides an overview of data communication and computer networks. It discusses topics such as data communication components and modes, transmission methods, network topologies, layered network models, protocols, functions of OSI and TCP/IP layers, IP addressing, routing algorithms, applications like the world wide web, network security, and mobile technologies.

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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.

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