Section outline

  • Transport layer, Process-to-process Delivery: UDP, TCP and SCTP, Congestion control and Quality of Service, Application Layer, Domain Name Systems-Remote Login-Email FTP, WWW, HTTP, Introductory concepts on Network management: SNMP.

    Textbook:

    1. Behurouz A Forozan, Introduction to Data Communications & Networking, TMH References:

    1. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, PHI

    2. William Stallings, Data and Computer Communications, VIIth Edition, Pearson Education

    3. William Stallings, Cryptography and Network Security, Principles and Practices, Prentice

      Hall of India.

    4. Steven Graham and Steve Shah, Linux Administration: A Beginners Guide, Third Edition,

      Dreamtech,2003.