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Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

Cyberworld enthusiasts, as well as people seeking employment opportunities in the digital industry, must know the networks in use today and protocols that define and allow them to function. This course will pull you through everything that you need to know about TCP/IP protocols and networking which are a must in the current times and more.

Introduction to Computer Network and Internet Protocol has been made a tailored fit for emerging IT students and engineers by providing them insights into the industry that will be very valuable. The course goes into great details for the candidates about all the essential topics like the Internet of Things(IoT), Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), Software Defined Networks and other significant points as well.

The course goes on to training candidates about all the theoretical skills including data traffic engineering and layer designing. The contents of the course are lined one after the other with industry-relevant skills and have been designed in such a way that each of the doubts that the candidates may get could easily be solved and every requirement attended to.

The Highlights

Undergraduate level study
Best universities
Online sessions
India’s top faculties
15 week-long course

Programme Offerings

video lectures
Discussion Forums
Online Sessions
Reading Materials
Self-assessment tests
quizzes

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability
no

What you will learn

Networking

When the applicants have gone through the contents of the course, they will understand the following industry-relevant concepts:

The candidates will start off by learning various functions of protocols and their types.
Afterwards, the applicants will learn about computer networks and data communication process.
Candidates will learn about Radio, EM Spectrum, Microwave and other types of waves as well as wired and wireless data communication types.
Routing and Network layers will be important in their learning.

Who it is for

Software DeveloperComputer ProgrammerSoftware EngineerNetwork TechnicianNetwork ArchitectIT EngineerIT Analyst

Application Details

Participants who are keen to seek admission in Introduction to Computer Networks and Internet protocol programme must follow the steps below:

Step 1: Candidates need to click on the below-given programme URL:

https://onlinecourses.swayam2.ac.in/cec20_cs16/preview

Step 2: Candidates are then required to register themselves on the account. They can log in via Facebook, Microsoft or Google for this purpose or create an account on SWAYAM itself.

Step 3: Applicants can also use their pre-existing accounts for it.

Step 4: After having done that, applicants are required to login into the accounts and go back to the course page.

Step 5: The joining link of the course is not available yet. When it will be available, candidates can click on it to go to the application form.

Step 6: Applicants will, afterwards, fill the application form and submit it having agreed to the terms and conditions.

The Syllabus

Introduction to computer networks and TCP/IP Protocols
The TCP/IP Protocol Suite and the TCP/IP model
The job of each layer
The concept of layering
Complete communication process, an email and a web access communication over TCP/IP network
TCP as CO service over CL connection and UDP as CL service over CL connection
Connectionless vs. Connection-oriented communication and services
Showcasing how SMTP and HTTP works at each layer in a brief

Definition of the network
Network components and network connections
Computer networks and its fundamentals
Its characteristics
Packet classification
Modern network demands
Conventional network model and modern network model based on service based on packet classification.
Services using the packet classification process
Smart city networks. Big Data problems associated with these networks
Networks based on IOT devices, Home networks
Variety of modern Networks having non-computers as members, wired and wireless sensor networks

Relation between the Bandwidth and the data rate of a channel
The process of multiplexing,
Data communication and the physical layer
Maximum data rate of a channel based on bandwidth of the channel and other parameters
Data communication process and its ingredients
The duties of physical layer
Analog and digital data
Amplitude
Demultiplexing and errors
How analog and digital signalling is used for data communication at the physical layer
Analog and digital signalling
Frequency and phase modulation and their use in data communication
Introduction to EM Spectrum
The need for the signalling process for data communication

FO cables and their use in data communication
802.11ac
xDSL physical layers
OFDMA and Discrete multitone
The EM spectrum
UTP
Microwave and other types of waves
OFDM
Wired and wireless physical layers
802.11n
Radio
802.11a
802.11b
Wireless LAN 802.11
Characteristics of each of the portions and consequences
The relation between data communication and the frequency bands
Total internal reflection principle and the difference between UTP and FO cables Hidden and exposed stations problem for wireless data communication and their solution
Frequency bands
802.11.16
802.11g
The frequencies used by different portions of the spectrum
Multiple standards and versions of 802.11

Convolution
Communication at the data link and transport layers
Introduction to CRC
Sliding windows
LDPC and Turbo codes
Hamming distance
Error correction vs. error detection
Reed-Solomon
Hamming code
Need for protocols
Error correction and other jobs of Data Link Layer
Error handling process
The Data link layer duties
Go back n and Selective repeat strategies for communication

Dual speed cards and auto negotiation
Fragmentation
802.11 frame structure
The Ethernet: The need for MAC layer
Inter cell and intra cell transmission process
Medium Access Sublayer
Service primitives for infrastructure model
Introduction to Ethernet
CSMA/CA
Gigabit and 10G Ethernet
The Medium Access Sublayer 802.11 Wi-Fi – II
The Medium Access Sublayer:802.11 (Wi-Fi) –I, MAC layer, DCF and PCF Mode; i.e. ad hoc and infrastructure modes
Extensions to 802.11

Addressing in networks
Connecting LANs
IPv4 addressing mechanism
Different addressing mechanisms used by IPv6
Virtual LAN and 802.1Q
802.1Q standard
Challenges and solutions for virtual LAN
Managing addressing with CIDR
The advantage offered by the IPv6
Subletting and CIDR
Self-learning switches
The difference between IPv4 and IPv6 addressing mechanism
Interconnecting LANs

Routing in MANets and the Exterior routing
Addressing in TCP/IP
The difference in exterior routing
Connectionless and connection oriented forwarding
Network layer
How routing is performed in TCP/IP networks
Hot potato and interior routing used in the exterior routing process
Advantage of connecting networks at the network layer
Routing and forwarding
What a router contains
The challenges in MANet Routing
Network layer: routing
Link state algorithm
AODV routing
How the best path is decided
Multicast and broadcast routing
Two phases of LS algorithm
Routing algorithms
Network layer: services
Accounting

It’s duties
Congestion at Network layer and MPLS
Transport layer services
Tomlinson’s solution and the need for the three-way handshake
How retransmission timer is managed at TCP
How MPLS works
Handshake process is managed and errors are handled at TCP
TCP Timers and delayed duplicates problem in TCP
The transport layer
Types of timers TCP normally uses
Congestion
How switching based on tags is done in networks
Different categories and types of transport layer services
Congestion control
How TCP manages connections
What are the challenges in implementing MPL?
Delayed duplicates
Flow control and estimation of round trip time
How tag based routing is performed in MPLS Routes

Connection management with TCP
Introduction to SCTP
Implicit and explicit congestion control methods
Congestion control
Application Layer
Connection release process
A connectionless service mechanism over a connectionless delivery system
Domain Name Service
Slow start
Application layer
Fast recovery and fast retransmit
Introduction to DNS and the process of name resolution
A transport layer better suited for a multimedia traffic
Introduction to UDP
Resource records
The asymmetric and symmetric connection release process
Explicit congestion notification
AIMD

Different types of resource records
Resource Records in DNS and introduction to FTP
Persistent connection
POP3 and IMAP
The WWW and HTTP request and response
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Internet mail standards
The Email system and SMTP protocol
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
How FTP works
Passive FTP extensions
Cookies and session variables
Control and data connections

Mesh Networks and IPv6 over Mesh
Using protocols like mDNS, DNS-SD, PANA, etc.
802.15.4
How routing is performed for storing and non-storing node, DOADG
Internet of Things
Why IoT devices prefer mesh networks
Intelligent embedded devices
The reason IPv6 is chosen for mesh
Monitoring and control
M2M
Construction of DOADG and the role of the central router
Mesh-under and route-over approaches
6LowPAN and related issues
Configuring IPv6 solutions for Mesh
Mesh networks
RPL
Other protocols for IoT
Why IoT devices need to spectate routing protocols
Sensing
The need for source routing and other refinements for processing
Interactivity and communication needs

SDN as a combined solution
Methods for implementing SDN
SDN architecture
Controllers and forwarding devices
Software Defined Networks (SDN)
Northbound and southbound APIs
What is the idea of OPEN solutions?
Connection oriented networks and routing overlays
Separation of data and control
Paths and connections
Communication need between controllers and other devices and external controllers
Messages
Usage
Specific fields
SDN implementation
Software defined radios
OpenFlow Technology
Basics
Vendor specific solution problems
SDN architecture and OpenFlow
How separation is managed

Instructors

GLS University, Ahmedabad Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Who is the course instructor?

Prof. Bhushan Trivedi is the instructor of the course. He works as the dean in GLS university and three of his books have been published in the Oxford University Press.

2: What is the duration of the course?

The course goes to great depths in its contents and has been designed to cater to each of the candidates. It spans over 15 weeks.

3: What is SWAYAM?

SWAYAM is a government educational initiative that has the goal of making quality education free and accessible to all, especially those who often don’t get the privilege.

4: What level of study is this course?

The course belongs to the science and engineering category in the undergraduate level of study.

5: What books should one read in this course?

The course refers to these books to be read for preparation: Computer Networks and Data Communication and Networking, both by Bhushan Trivedi.

6: What is the pedagogy of the course?

Besides the usual reading materials and video lectures, this course also offers self-assessment tests, online sessions, discussion forums and quizzes on a state of the art multimedia platform.

7: Which university has offered this course?

The Gujarat Law Society University at Ahmedabad, Gujarat is the university which is offering this course.