Course Code: MIT3081 |
Course Title: High Speed Networks (4 Credits) |
Course Contents
Unit-1: Frame Relay Network: Introduction, Packet-Switching Networks, Frame Relay Networks.
Unit-2: Asynchronous transfer mode: ATM Protocol Architecture and Logical Connection, ATM Cells, ATM Service Categories, ATM Adaption Layer.
Unit-3: High Speed LANs: Fast Ethernet LAN, Gigabit Ethernet, ATM LAN, Network Attached Storage (NAS), Wireless LAN and Wi-Fi, LAN Interoperability.
Unit-4: Network Performance Evaluation Models: Introduction ,Overview of Probability and Stochastic Processes, Queuing Analysis, Self-Similarity Network Traffic.
Unit-5: Congestion Management Part-1: Congestion – An Overview, Effects of Congestion, Congestion Control, Traffic Management.
Unit-6: Congestion Management Part-2: Frame Relay Congestion Control, Flow Control Techniques, Error Control Techniques.
Unit-7: TCP Traffic and Congestion Control: TCP Flow control, TCP Congestion Control, Performance of TCP over ATM.
Unit-8: ATM Traffic and Congestion Control: ATM Traffic and Congestion Control, Traffic Management Framework, ABR Traffic Management, GFR Traffic Management.
Unit-9 : Integrated Services: Integrated Service (IntServ) Model, Flow and Service Description, Queuing Discipline, Integrated Services in IP-ATM Networks.
Unit-10: Differentiated Services: Differentiated Service Architecture, Scalability of DiffServ, DiffServ Functional Elements, Per-Hop Behavior (PHB), Models of DiffServ.
Unit-11: Protocols for Quality of Service (QoS) Support – Part I: Multicasting, Multicast Transport Protocol (MTP), Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP), Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP).
Unit-12: Protocols for Quality of Service (QoS) Support – Part II: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Subnet Bandwidth Management (SBM), QoS Architectures, QoS Support for Multicast.
Unit-13: Internet Routing Basics and Design –1: Basics of Graph Theory, Internet Routing Principles, Analysis of Shortest Route.
Unit-14: Internet Routing Basics and Design –2: Intra-Domain Routing Protocol, Border Gateway Protocol, Inter-Domain Routing Protocol (IDRP).