INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION

SAHIBABAD,GHAZIABAD
Synopsis
Paper Name : Network Management
Course Code : PGDM ITM-304
Faculty : Tapan Kapri

Course Objective:
The course aims to combine the fundamental concepts of data communications and
networking and what different alternatives are available with emphasis on practical applications.

S.No Topic Reference Lectures

1 Data communication concepts and application: 1
Introduction to Data communications,
components of data communications

2 Trends in computer communications and 1

networking. Network applications

3 Fundamentals Networking: Messages, characters, 1

bit streams, symbols and waveforms

4 digital/analog, serial & parallel, simplex, half- 1

duplex, full duplex,

5 Modem, synchronous/asynchronous transmission, 1

multiplexing

6 Network hardware, network software 1

7 Reference models. Physical layer: Transmission 1
media,
8 wireless transmission, the telephone system, 1
cellular radio
9 communication satellites.Data link layer : Media 1
access control

1
10 Error control in networks, data link protocols. 1

11 Network layer: Network topology, network 1

routing, network standards
12 Network protocols, system network architecture. 1
13 Local Area Network (LAN) : LAN components, 1
Ethernet (IEEE 802.3), Tokenring(IEEE 802.5)
14 Selection of LAN, Improving LAN performance. 1
15 Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) & Wide Area 1
Network (WAN)
16 Group Presentation -I 1
17 Telephone network, Dialed circuit services 1
18 Dedicated circuit sources, Switched circuit services, 1
Packet switched networks
19 Improving MAN & WAN performance 1
20 Back bone networks : Backbone network 1
components
21 Fast Ethernet, FDDI, Network 1
22 Applications and Management: Design of 1
business networks
23 installation guidelines, maintenance and security 1
24 Group Presentation -II 1
25 Case studies on network design and establishment 1
26 Interview Questions 1

Text Books:
1. Jerry Fitzgerald, Alan Dennis, ‘Business Data Communications & Networking’, John Wiley
& Sons Inc.

Reference Books
2. S. Tanenbaum, ‘Computer Networks’, Eastern Economy ed., PHI.
3. W. Stallings, ‘Data and Computer Communications’, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi.
4. Black. U., ‘Computer Networks: Protocols’, Standards and Interfaces
5. David A Stamper, ‘Business Data Communications’, Adison Wesley.