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This document provides details about an advanced computer networks course offered in the even semester of 2022-23. The 3 credit course is a discipline elective taught by Mr. Vivek Sethi and covers topics like switching, routing, wireless LAN design, stochastic processes, queuing systems, and network security and management. The course aims to provide knowledge of advanced computer network concepts and help students understand secure and efficient data transmission. It will assess student learning through exams, assignments, and classroom exercises.

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Course Description Document

This document provides details about an advanced computer networks course offered in the even semester of 2022-23. The 3 credit course is a discipline elective taught by Mr. Vivek Sethi and covers topics like switching, routing, wireless LAN design, stochastic processes, queuing systems, and network security and management. The course aims to provide knowledge of advanced computer network concepts and help students understand secure and efficient data transmission. It will assess student learning through exams, assignments, and classroom exercises.

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Course Description Document

Semester: Even Semester Year: 2022-23

Course Coordinator(s): Mr. Vivek Sethi

Mail – Id: [email protected]

Cabin-No: VED-209

1. Department offering the course Computer Science and Engineering


2. Course Code CSF351
3. Course Title Advanced Computer Networks
4. Credits (L:T:P:C) 3:0:0:3
5. Contact Hours (L:T:P) 3:0:0
6. Prerequisites (if any) CS 203
7. Course Basket Discipline Elective

Course Summary
The course is designed for the smooth and fast data transportation over the wired and wireless medium.
The course introduces the queuing model and Markovian theory to handle process state at the various
stages of the switches and routers. The course introduces the basic Wireless security to understand the
various network’s attack and prevention. Number of advance network protocol is included in this course
to understand the various network challenges for wired as well as the wireless medium.

Course Objectives
This course is designed to provide knowledge about the basic concepts of Advance Computer Network.
The course includes switching concept for packet forwarding, wireless security, and smooth and secure
data transmission over the wired and wireless medium. The course includes the queuing model and
Markovian theory for smooth data transportation. The main purpose of this course is to help the student
to understand the basic concept about the secure and smooth transportation of data, which is a real world
challenging problem.

Course Outcomes

CO1: Understand and explain the basic concepts of Advance Computer Networks.
CO2: Describe the real-life applications based on the fundamental concepts.
CO3: Understand how to handle the multi-state process for fast data transportation over any
medium.
CO4: Understand how to design the secure `wired and wireless’ network.

Curriculum Content

Unit 1: Network Design


Design Principles, Determining Requirements, Analysing the Existing Network, Preparing the Preliminary
Design, Completing the Final Design Development, Deploying the Network, Monitoring and Redesigning,
Maintaining, Design Documentation, Cisco PDIOO Model, Modular Network Design, Hierarchical Network
Design, The Cisco Enterprise Composite Network Model. (8L)

Unit 2: Switching and routing


Switching Design: Switching Types, Layer 2 and 3 Switching, Multilayer Switching, Cisco Express
Forwarding, Switching Security, Multi-Protocol Label, Switching (MPLS), MPLS Architecture and
related protocols, IPv4 Routing Design: IPv4 Address Design, Private and Public Addresses, NAT,
Subnet Masks, Hierarchical IP Address Design, Deploying IPv6 in Campus Networks, Router Design:
Configuring a Router, Routing Protocols. (8L)

Unit 3: Wireless LAN Design


Wireless Technology Overview, Wireless Standards, Wireless Components, Wireless Security, Wireless
Security Issues, Wireless Threat Mitigation, Wireless Management, Wireless Design Considerations,
IEEE 802.11, Wireless Standard, Cellular Networks, Mobile IP, Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs), QoS
Models: IntServ, DiffServ, QoS Tools, Policing and Shaping, Congestion Avoidance, Congestion
Management, Link-Specific Tools, QoS Design Guidelines. (8L)

Unit 4: Stochastic Processes & Queuing System


Stochastic Processes: The Poisson Process, Birth Death Process, Markov CHains, Single Station
Queuing System: Kendall’s Notation, Performance Measures, THe M/M/1 Queue. The M/M/∞ Queue,
The M/M/m Queue. (8L)

Unit 5: Network Security and Management Design


Hacking: Vulnerabilities, Threats: Reconnaissance Attacks, Access Attacks, Information Disclosure
Attacks, Denial of Service Attacks, Threat Defence Secure Communication, Network Security Best
Practices, SAFE Campus Design, ISO Network Management Standard: Protocols and Tools, SNMP,
MIB, RMON, Cisco NetFlow, Syslog, Network Management Strategy: SLCs and SLAs, IP
Service-Level Agreements, Content Networking Design. (8L)
Textbook(s)

1. Diane Tiare and Catherine Paquet, “Campus Network Design Fundamentals”, Pearson Education, 2006.

2. Arnold O. Allen, “Probability Statistics and Queuing Theory with Computer Science Application,” Academic
Press, Inc.6277 Sea Harbor Drive Orlando, FL United States, 2nd Edition.

3. Gunter Bolch, Stefan Greiner, Hermann de Meer, Kishor S. Trivedi, “Queuing Networks and Markov Chains”
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publication, 2nd Edition.

Reference Books

1. Craig Zacker, “The Complete Reference: Upgrading and Troubleshooting Networks”, Tata McGraw-Hill,
2000 Edition.

Teaching and Learning Strategy


All materials (ppts, assignments, labs, etc.) will be uploaded in Moodle. Teaching of students will be conducted
through power point lectures, tutorials, and short classroom exercises.

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