CE262: DATA COMMUNICATION & NETWORKING
Credits and Hours:
Teaching Scheme Theory Practical Tutorial Total Credit
Hours/week 3 2 - 5
4
Marks 100 50 - 150
Pre-requisite courses:
• Digital Electronics
Outline of the Course:
Sr. Title of the unit Minimum number
No. of hours
1. Introduction and Basic Concepts 02
2. Network Model 02
3. Signals 03
4. Digital Transmission 04
5. Multiplexing 03
6. Data Transmission 04
7. Switching 03
8. Media Access Control 05
9. Network Routing 08
10 Transport Layer 08
11. Application Layer 03
Total hours (Theory) : 45
Total hours (Lab) : 30
Total hours : 75
Detailed Syllabus:
1. Introduction and Basic Concepts 02 Hours 4%
Data Communication, Networks, Network Types
2. Network Model 02 Hours 4%
Protocol Layering, TCP/IP Protocol Suites, The OSI Model
3. Signals 03 Hours 6%
Data and Signals, Periodic Analog Signal, Digital Signal,
Transmission Impairment, Data Rate limits, Performance
4. Digital Transmission 04 Hours 9%
Digital to Digital Conversion, Analog to Digital Conversion,
Transmission Modes,
5. Multiplexing 03 Hours 6%
Frequency division Multiplexing, Wave length division
Multiplexing, Time division Multiplexing
6. Data Transmission 04 Hours 9%
Guided Media, Unguided Media
7. Switching 03 Hours 9%
Circuit Switching, Packet Switching, Structure of Switch
8. Media Access Control 05 Hours 11%
Random Access, Controlled Access, Channelization
9. Network Routing 08 Hours 18%
Unicast Routing, What‘s Inside a Router, The Internet Protocol
(IP): Forwarding and Addressing in the Internet, Routing
Algorithm(SS)
10. Transport Layer 08 Hours 18%
Introduction and Transport-Layer Services, Multiplexing and De-
multiplexing, Connectionless Transport: UDP & Building Blocks
of UDP, Principles of Reliable Data Transfer, Connection-
Oriented Transport: TCP, Principles of Congestion
Control & Building Blocks of TCP
11. Application Layer 03 Hours 6%
Principles of Network Applications, The Web and HTTP, File
Transfer: FTP, SMTP, DNS, Optimizing Application Delivery
Course Outcome (COs):
At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
CO1 Understand and identify different physical layer transmission fundamentals such
as types of signals, transmission, multiplexing, types of medium and modulation.
CO2 Understand working of application layer protocols.
CO3 Understand and Analyse transport layer services and its impacts on data rate.
CO4 Understand and differentiate functionality of existing network routing protocols.
CO5 Understand existing different medium access protocols and evaluate for adoption
for future networking.
Course Articulation Matrix:
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2
CO1 2 1 - 1 - - - - - - - 2 - -
CO2 1 2 1 1 2 - - - - - - 2 1 1
CO3 3 2 2 1 2 - - - - 1 - 2 1 1
CO4 2 3 1 1 1 - - - - 2 - 2 - -
CO5 3 2 3 1 3 - - - 1 1 - 3 1 1
CO6 3 3 3 2 3 - - - 2 2 - 3 3 2
Enter correlation levels 1, 2 or 3 as defined below:
1: Slight (Low) 2: Moderate (Medium) 3: Substantial (High)
If there is no correlation, put “-”
Practical Content:
Ethernet Protocol, Standard Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Wireless
characteristics and access control, IEEE 802.11 project.
Recommended Study Material:
❖ Text book:
1. Data communication & Networking, Behrouz Forouzan, McGraw-Hill
2. Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach James F. Kurose, University
of Massachusetts, Amherst Keith W. Ross, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn
❖ Reference book:
1. Data and Computer Communications, William Stallings, Prentice Hall
2. Computer Network, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall
❖ Web material:
1. www.wikipedia.org
2. http://www.webopedia.com
❖ Software:
1. Wireshark
2. Cisco Packet Tracer
3. NS-3
4. Ubuntu Server Installation
