CS3591 Computer Networks Study Materials
Anna University – CS3591 Computer Networks Regulation 2021 Syllabus , Notes , Important Questions, Question Paper with Answers Previous Year Question Paper.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION LAYER CS3591 Computer Networks Syllabus
Data Communication – Networks – Network Types – Protocol Layering – TCP/IP Protocol suite –
OSI Model – Introduction to Sockets – Application Layer protocols: HTTP – FTP – Email protocols
(SMTP – POP3 – IMAP – MIME) – DNS – SNMP
UNIT II TRANSPORT LAYER CS3591 Computer Networks Notes
Introduction – Transport-Layer Protocols: UDP – TCP: Connection Management – Flow control –
Congestion Control – Congestion avoidance (DECbit, RED) – SCTP – Quality of Service
UNIT III NETWORK LAYER CS3591 Computer Networks Important Questions
Switching : Packet Switching – Internet protocol – IPV4 – IP Addressing – Subnetting – IPV6, ARP,
RARP, ICMP, DHCP
UNIT IV ROUTING CS3591 Computer Networks Question Bank
Routing and protocols: Unicast routing – Distance Vector Routing – RIP – Link State Routing – OSPF
– Path-vector routing – BGP – Multicast Routing: DVMRP – PIM.
UNIT V DATA LINK AND PHYSICAL LAYERS CS3591 Computer Networks Question Paper
Data Link Layer – Framing – Flow control – Error control – Data-Link Layer Protocols – HDLC –
PPP – Media Access Control – Ethernet Basics – CSMA/CD – Virtual LAN – Wireless LAN
(802.11) – Physical Layer: Data and Signals – Performance – Transmission media- Switching –
Circuit Switching.
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TEXT BOOKS CS3591 Computer Networks Notes
1. James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross, Computer Networking, A Top-Down Approach Featuring the
Internet, Eighth Edition, Pearson Education, 2021.
2. Behrouz A. Forouzan, Data Communications and Networking with TCP/IP Protocol Suite, Sixth
Edition TMH, 2022
REFERENCES CS3591 Computer Networks Important Questions
1. Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Fifth Edition,
Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., 2012.
2. William Stallings, Data and Computer Communications, Tenth Edition, Pearson Education,
2013.
3. Nader F. Mir, Computer and Communication Networks, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 2014.
4. Ying-Dar Lin, Ren-Hung Hwang, Fred Baker, “Computer Networks: An Open Source
Approach”, McGraw Hill, 2012.
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