Sr. No.

Content

Total 
Weightage 

Introduction to computer networks and Internet:

Understanding of network and Internet, The network edge, The network

core, Understanding of Delay, Loss and Throughput in the packet-
switching network, protocols layers and their service model, History of

the computer network

Application Layer:

Principles of computer applications, Web and HTTP, E-mail, DNS,
Socket programming with TCP and UDP

Transport Layer:

Introduction and transport layer services, Multiplexing and
Demultiplexing, Connectionless transport (UDP), Principles of reliable
data transfer, Connection-oriented transport (TCP), Congestion control,
TCP congestion control

Network Layer:

Introduction to forwarding and routing, Network Service models, Virtual
and Datagram networks, study of router, IP protocol and addressing in the
Internet, Routing algorithms, Broadcast and Multicast routing

The Link layer and Local area networks:

Introduction to link layer services, error-detection and correction
techniques, Multiple access protocols, addressing, Ethernet, switches,
VLAN