UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
Bachelor in Computer Applications (BCA)
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester VI - BCA321 - Data Communication and Networking

Lecturer/Lab Hours per Week: 6
Duration: 3 hrs
Max Makrs: 100
Credit: 4

Unit - I

Introduction to Data Communication, Network, Protocols & standards and standards organizations - Line Configuration - Topology - Transmission mode - Classification of Network - OSI Model - Layers of OS1 Model.

Unit - II

Parallel and Serial Transmission - DTE/DCE/such as EIA-449, EIA-530, EIA-202 and x.21 interfuce - Interface standards - Modems - Guided Media - Unguided Media - Performance - Types of Error - Error Detection - Error Corrections.

Unit - III

Multiplexing - Types of Multiplexing - Multiplexing Application - Telephone system - Project 802 - Ethernet - Token Bus - Token Ring - FDDI - IEEE 802.6 - SMDS - Circuit Switching - Packet Switching - Message switching - Connection Oriented and Connectionless services.

Unit - IV

History of Analog and Digital Network - Access to ISDN - ISDN Layers - Broadband ISDN - X.25 Layers - Packet Layer Protocol - ATM - ATM Topology - ATM Protocol.

Unit - V

Repeaters - Bridges - Routers - Gateway - Routing algorithms - TCP/IP Network, Transport and Application Layers of TCP/IP - World Wide Web.

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