International Islamic University Islamabad

Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Department of Electronic Engineering

Fall 2013
Course Outline

Course Title: Computer Networks CS-322

Credit hrs: 3+1
Instructor: Engr. Zahooruddin Shaikh
e-mail :zahooruddin@iiu.edu.pk Office: Room # 104 Engineering Block
Cell #: 0314-5176048 Office hours: Mon – Fri : 8:30AM – 4:30PM
Text Book: Data Communications and Networks 4th Edition, 2007, by Behrouz A. Forouzan
Reference Book(s): Computer Networks, Systems Approach 3rd Edition, by Peterson-Davie
Objective of course: (one paragraph 3-4 lines)

This is an introductory course to computer networks. In this course we shall explore the issues
from local area networks upto the global Internet and shall study a range of solutions to the
associated problem. The course will focus on the TCP/IP protocol suite, however other protocols
such as point-to-point/Frame Relay/ATM shall also studied. The emphasis will be on the basic
performance and engineering tradeoffs in the design and implementation of computer networks.

Course Outline (one paragraph 3-4 lines)

Network Concepts : Network Models, Network Services, Network Printing, Network Applications.
LAN Technology : Physical And Logical Topologies, LAN Architecture, Bus/Tree Lans, Ring
Lans, Star Lans, Wireless Lans,
LAN System & Network Standards : Ethernet And Fast Ethernet (CSMA/CD),
OS1, TCP/IP, PPP, IEEE802 Family,
Connectivity Devices : Modems, Hubs, Repeaters, Bridges, Routers
IP addressing, subnetting, configuring a network, Routing, Transport and Application layer
responsibilities. Network security issues.
Lecture Plan:

No of weeks Chapter # of Topic

Text
1 Ch 1 Introduction to Data Communications, Computer Networks, Communication
System Components, Network Topologies, Network Criteria, Categories on
Networks

1 Ch 2 Network Models, Layered Tasks, The ISO’s OSI Model, 7-Layers of OSI,
TCP/IP Protocol Suite, Addressing of Various Layers, Physical/Logical/Specific

1.5 Ch 12 Multiple Access Methods, in LAN/MAN/WAN, Aloha/CSMA/persistence

1.5 Ch 12 CSMA/CD, CSMA/CA, Controlled Access, reservation/token passing/polling

Channelization, FDMA/TDMA/CDMA

1 Ch 13 Wired Ethernets, IEEE 802 committee, 802.3, Standard Ethernet

1 Ch 13 Changes in the Standard, Bridged, Switched, Fast Ethernet, Giga/10Giga
Ethernets, Physical and Data Link Layer standards, Block and Line encoding
Schemes related to Ethernets

1 Ch 15 Connecting / Extending LANs through Networking Devices,

Repeaters/ Hubs – passive, active/ Switches/Bridges/Routes/Gateways
Loop problem in Bridge

1 Ch 15 Spanning Tree/ Source Routing methods to solve Bridge Loop Problem

Star/ Bus Backbone Network/ Virtual LANs

1.5 Ch 19/20 Network Layer, IPv4 addressing, class types, subnetting, Classless addressing,
IPv6 addressing,
IPv4 Datagram, fragmentation, address mapping/ARP/RARP/BootP/DHCP

1.5 Ch 21/22 Error reporting ICMP, Multicasting

IP delivery, Forwarding and Routing

MID TERM EXAM

1 Ch 23 Transport Layer, process-to-process delivery, client –server. UDP operation/

TCP connection management/ Stream operation/ Flow control

1 Ch 25 Application Layer, DNS , Address Resolution

Ch 27 WWW and HTTP, architecture, Web Documents

1 Ch 11 Wide Area Networking Protocols, PPP,

Ch 18/Ch 8 Virtual Circuit Networking, Frame Relay

1 Ch 30-32 Network Security, IPSec, Fire walls, Virtual Private Network

1 Ch 14 Wireless LANs, IEEE 802.11 a/b/g, BlueTooth

1 Revision and Practice

Grading and General Course Policies:

S/No Title Marks

1 Quizzes 10

2 Assignments/ Research Presentations 5/10

3 Midterm 25

4 Final 50

Total Marks 100