Computer Networks : CN

Computer Networks is a free engineering handbook covering important course topics, notes, diagrams, equations, formulas and study materials. Download this digital book and reference guide for Diploma, BE, BTech, BCA, BSc, MCA and other degree courses.

Explore 144 topics across 8 chapters, including OSI and TCP/IP models, LAN, WAN, network protocols, data transmission, Ethernet, Wi-Fi and data link control. Useful for exams, viva, interviews, projects and quick revision.

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77 LISTED TOPICS FROM 144

NETWORK BASICS & MODELS

1. Growth of Computer Networking

2. Networking Seems Complex

3. Five Key Aspects of Networking

4. Local Area Network (LAN)

5. Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)

6. Wide Area Network (WAN)

7. OSI Reference Model (OSI Layers)

8. TCP/IP Reference Model

9. Comparison of OSI and TCP/IP Models

10. Problems of the TCP/IP Reference Model

11. Problems of the OSI Model/Layers

12. ARPANET

13. Architecture of the Internet

14. ATM Reference Model

15. Client-Server Model

16. Peer-to-Peer Communication

17. Transmission Technologies

18. Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Services

19. Protocol Hierarchies

20. Interfaces

21. Services of Layers

22. X.25 Networks

23. Applications of Computer Networks

24. Using Layered Protocols

25. Simplex, Half-Duplex and Full-Duplex Communication

26. Novell NetWare IPX Packet

27. Network Topology/Topologies

TRANSMISSION MEDIA & SWITCHING

28. Taxonomy by Forms of Energy

29. Coaxial Cable

30. Twisted Pair

31. Fiber Optic Cables

32. Compare Fiber Optics and Copper Wire

33. Switching

34. Circuit-Switched vs Packet-Switched Networks

35. Dual-Cable and Single-Cable Systems

36. Single-Mode and Multimode Fibers

37. Disadvantages of Optical Fiber

38. Serial Transmission

39. ISDN Architecture

40. Objectives of ISDN

41. ISDN Reference Model

DATA LINK LAYER & ERROR CONTROL

42. Data Link Layer Design Issues

43. Services Provided by the Data Link Layer

44. Framing in Data Link Layer

45. Error-Correcting Codes

46. Unrestricted Simplex Protocol

47. Simplex Stop-and-Wait Protocol

48. Simplex Protocol for a Noisy Channel

49. Sliding Window Protocols

50. One-Bit Sliding Window Protocol

51. Protocol Using Go-Back-N

52. High-Level Data Link Control

53. Data Link Layer in Internet

54. Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

55. PPP Frame Format

56. LCP Packets

CHANNEL ALLOCATION & MAC PROTOCOLS

57. Static Channel Allocation

58. Dynamic Channel Allocation in LANs and MANs

59. ALOHA

60. Slotted ALOHA

61. 1-Persistent CSMA

62. Non-Persistent CSMA

63. p-Persistent CSMA

64. CSMA with Collision Detection

65. Bit-Map Collision-Free Protocol

66. Binary Countdown Protocol

67. Limited-Contention Protocols

68. Adaptive Tree Walk Protocol

ETHERNET, WI-FI & BRIDGING

69. Ethernet Cabling

70. Cable Topologies of Ethernet

71. Manchester Encoding

72. 802.3 Frame Format

73. Binary Exponential Backoff Algorithm

74. Services of 802.11

75. Bridges

76. Operation of Two-Port Bridge

77. Spanning Tree Bridges

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WHO IS IT FOR?

Diploma and degree students, BE/BTech, BCA, BSc and MCA learners, teachers and networking professionals. Use this free Computer Networks ebook for syllabus study, self-learning and quick revision.