Course Code

ADVANCED COMPUTER NETWORKS

LTPC

CSE 511

Version No.
Course Prerequisite
/ Exposure:
Objective
To go beyond the basic level of understanding that is typically offered at an undergraduate networking course.
Expected Outcome
On completion of course students will be able to understand the fundamental concepts in routing and addressing,
transport protocols and congestion control, emerging distributed applications, and wireless networking.
NETWORKING STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATION
Unit No. I:

Networking standards and specifications, Need for standardization, ISO and the IEEE standards, The IEEE 802 Project

Unit No. II:

OVERVIEW OF OSI AND TCP/IP PROTOCOL SUITE

Layers in the OSI model, TCP/IP protocol suite, Physical layer addressing, Network layer addressing, Client-Server
model.

Unit No. III:

ADDRESSING AND ROUTING

IP Addresses: Classful addressing, Subnetting/Supernetting, Classless Addressing, Delivery and routing of IP packets,
Interior and Exterior routing

Unit No. IV:

TCP/IP PROTOCOL SUITE

Socket Interface, Internet Protocol (IP), ICMP and ARP, Transport Layer Protocols -TCP and UDP, Congestion control
and Quality of Service, File Transfer protocols - FTP and TFTP, SMTP, SNMP, BOOTP and DHCP, Domain Name
System, Mobile IP. Routing protocols - RIP, OSPF and BGP.

Unit No. V:

AD HOC WIRELESS NETWORKS

Cellular and Ad hoc wireless networks, Applications of Ad hoc wireless networks, issues in ad hoc wireless networks,
issues in designing a routing protocol for ad hoc wireless networks, Classification of routing protocols, Security in ad hoc
wireless networks.

Text / Reference Books

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Behrouz A. Forouzan, TCP/IP Protocol Suite, 4th edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2010.
W. Richard Stevens, TCP/IP Illustrated, The Protocols, 2nd edition, Pearson Education, 2011.
C.Siva Ram Murthy, B.S. Manoj, Ad hoc Networks-Architectures and protocols, 3 rd edition, Pearson Education,
2007.
Andrew S. Tenenbaum, Computer Networks 4th edition, Prentice Hall, 2011.
D. E. Comer, Internetworking with TCP/IP Principles, Protocols and Architecture, Volume - I, Pearson Education,
2009.

Mode of Evaluation

Tests, Assignments and Seminar

Recommended by the
Board of Studies on
Date of Approval by
the Academic Council

Sample Lab Exercises:-

1.

Develop a Client Server Communication Using Java Socket. Send the message from Server to client

2.

Develop a Client Server Communication Using Java Socket based on UDP Protocol.

3.

Implement the MathServer program.

4.

Implement Chat Application

5.

Implement Cryptography algorithm in Client-Server Communication

6.

Construct Point-to-Point Network and transfer message between nodes using UDP Analyze Trace file
output

7.

Construct Point-to-Point Network and transfer message between nodes using TCP Analyze Trace file
output.Compare performance evaluation between UDP and TCP

8.

Construct Star Network and transfer message between nodes .Analyze Trace file output and evaluate
network traffic at intermediate node.

9.

Construct Dumbbell Network and transfer message between nodes. Analyze Trace file output and evaluate
network congestion at intermediate node.

10. Construct Wireless Adhoc Network Using NS-2.Evalute various routing protocol using xgraph or
Tracegraph