Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

Instruction Division First Semester: 2011-2012 Course Handout Course No. Course Title Instructor In-Charge Course Description: Introduction to internetworking concepts; the Internet architecture; goals and key issues in Internetworking technologies; design aspects; relevant protocols; agent technology and tools relevant to the Internet; Interworking in wireless networks, WLAN concepts, WiFi and 3G network interworking. Objective and Scope of the Course: The course aims at providing a sound conceptual foundation in the area of Internetworking Technologies with emphasis on the design aspects. The course attempts to provide a balanced treatment of the state-of-the-art in the area and thus prepares the students for taking more rigorous and specialized courses in this and related fields. At the end of this course, students should be able to analyze, design, troubleshoot, configure, mange and maintain commonly used internetwork types apart from being able to begin Internetwork-oriented Software development. Text Book(S) T1. T2. K. R. Rao, Zoran S. Bojkovic & Dragorad A. Milovanovic: Multimedia Communication Systems, Pearson Education 2002. Rahul Banerjee: Internetworking Technologies: An Engineering Perspective, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi, 2003. <Also available for free read-only download in PDF form from the authors website.> : EA C451/MBA C451 : Internetworking Technologies : VISHAL GUPTA

Reference Books: R1. R2. R3. R4. R5. James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross: Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach, 5th Edition, Pearson Education. A. S. Tanenbaum: Computer Networks, Fourth Edition, Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2003. <Conceptual Approach> Nalin K. Sharada: Multimedia Information Networking, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi, 2002. <Conceptual Approach> D. E. Comer: Internetworking with TCP/IP, Volume 1, Fourth Edition, Pearson Education, 2001. <Protocol Approach> Bernhard H. Walke, Stefan Mangold and Lars Berlemann: IEEE 802 Wireless Systems: Protocols, Multihop Mesh/Relaying, Performance and Spectrum Coexistence, John Wiley & Sons , 2006

Plan of Study Lecture 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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Introduction to the subject, Motivation for Internetworking. Internetworking Basics: Internet as a best internetwork, various protocols used, ISPs. Connection oriented and connection less service, packet, circuit and message switching, Access networks and physical media. Internetworking Devices Application Layer: FTP Application Layer: Electronic Mail Application Layer: DNS Transport Layer: Services and Principles, Multiplexing and Demultiplexing Applications.

Topic(s) Class Notes R1: Chap 1 T2: Chap 1 R1: Chap 1 T2: Chap 2 Class Notes T2: Chap 3 R1: Chap 2 R4: Chap 26 R1: Chap 2 R4: Chap 27 R1: Chap 2 R4: Chap 24 R1: Chap 3 R4: Chap 13 RFC 793

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R1: Chap 3 R4: Chap 12 RFC 793 R1: Chap 3 Transport Layer: TCP as a connection oriented transport, Segment Format and its R4: Chap 13 various fields RFC 793 R1: Chap 3 Transport Layer: Congestion Control. R4: Chap 13 RFC 793 R1: Chap 4 Networking Layer: Internet Protocol R4: Chap 7 R1: Chap 4 Networking Layer: Internet Protocol R4: Chap 7 Networking Layer: Routing R1: Chap 4 Networking Layer: Routing R1: Chap 4 Networking Layer: Multicast Routing R1: Chap 4 R1: Chap 5 Link Layer: ARP R4: Chap 5 R1: Chap 5 Link Layer: RARP, DHCP R4: Chap 23 Link Layer: Ethernet and LAN addresses R1: Chap 5 Mobile IP R4: Chap 19 Transport Layer: UDP as a connectionless transport Multimedia Networking Multimedia Networking Mobile IP Mobile IP Wireless Networking: Motivation Wireless Communication Basics Wireless Communication Basics Wireless Communication Basics IEEE 802.11: Scope, Reference Model IEEE 802.11: Architecture, Services IEEE 802.11: Frame Formats IEEE 802.11: Frame Formats IEEE 802.11: MAC Layer IEEE 802.11: MAC Layer IEEE 802.11: LLC Layer Interworking of 802.11 with external networks: Issues Interworking of 802.11 with external networks: 3G Networks Interworking of 802.11 with external networks: Amendments Interworking of 802.11 with external networks: Mac enhancements Interworking of 802.11 with external networks: Frame Format Enhancements T1: Chap 6 T1: Chap 6 R4: Chap 19 R4: Chap 19 R4: Chap 1 R4: Chap 2 R4: Chap 2 R4: Chap 2 R4: 5.1 R4: 5.2 R4: 5.2 R4: 5.2 R4: 5.3 R4: 5.3 R4: 5.4 Class Notes Class Notes Class Notes Class Notes Class Notes

Evaluation Scheme: EC No 1. 2. 3. 2. Component & Nature Test 1 Test 2 Assignments/Lab Compre. Exam Duration 50 mints 50 mints 1 month 180 mints Weightage 20% 20% 20% 40% Date, Time Nature Closed Book Closed Book Take Home/Lab Partially Open Book
Vishal Gupta Instructor-in-charge