Syllabus of Andhra University BTech Information Technology - IT 4.1.2 - Network Protocols

Fourth year - First Semester

Instruction: 3 Periods & 1 Tut /week
Univ. Exam : 3 Hours

Sessional Marks: 30
Univ-Exam-Marks:70

IP ADDRESSING: Decimal Notation-Classes- special addresses - A simple Internet-Unicast andBroadcast addresses - Applying for IP addresses-Private networks.

SUBNETTING AND SUPERNETTING: Subnetting- Masking-Examples of Subnetting – Variablelength Subnetting- Supernetting.

INTERNET PROTOCOL: Data gram-Fragmentation-Options- Checksum- IP design.ARP and RARP: ARP- ARP design – RARP

INTERNET CONTROL MESSAGE PROTOCOL: Types of Messages- Message formats- Errorreporting-Query- Checksum- ICMP design.

INTERNET GROUP MANAGEMENT PROTOCOLS: Multicasting- IGMP-Encapsulation-Multicast Backbone- IGMP design.

USER DATAGRAM PROTOCOL: Process to process communication-User datagram –Checksum- UDP operation- uses of UDP – UDP design.

TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL: Process to Process communication -TCP Services –Segment -Options- Checksum-Flow control- Error Control- TCP Timers-Connection-StateTransition Diagram-Congestion Control-TCP operation- TCP Design.

APPLICATION LAYER AND CLIENT-SERVER MODEL: Client-server Model-Concurrency-Processes

BOOTP and DHCP: BOOTP-DHCP

DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM: Name Space-Domain name Space-Distribution of Name space-DNSin the Internet-Resolution- DNS Messages- Types of Records-Compression-DDNSEncapsulation.

TELNET AND RLOGIN: Concept-Network Virtual Terminal- NVT character set -Embedding-Options-Option Negotiation-Sub option Negotiation-Controlling Server-Out of Band signaling –Escape character-Mode of Operation-Examples- User Interface- Rlogin-Security Issue.

FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL: Connections- Communication-Command Processing-FileTransfer-User Interface-Anonymous FTP.

TRIVIAL FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL: Messages- Connection- Data Transfer-UDP ports- Tftp Example-TFTP options -Security-Applications.

HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL: HTTP overview-Proxy-Gateway-Tunnel-Cache-Messages-General Header Fields-Cache Control-Connection-Request Methods-Request Header Fields-Response Messages-Response Header Fields-Entity Header Fields-Client/ServerAuthentication.

SOCKET INTERFACE: Definitions-Sockets-Byte ordering- Address Transformation-Bytemanipulation Function-Information about Remote Host- Socket System Calls- ConnectionlessIterative server- UDP Client/Server Programs-Connection oriented Concurrent Server - TCPClient/Server Programs.

Text Book:

TCP/IP Protocol Suite. Behrouz A. Forouzan (TMH edition)

Reference Book:

Internetworking with TCP/IP. D. E. Comer (PHI publications).