DEPARTMENT
OF MCA
MC7301
COMPUTER NETWORKS
UNIT I NETWORK FUNDAMENTALS
1.
Explain
the categories of networks (8 marks)
Ans:
LAN, WAN, MAN – diagram & Explanation, uses, differences
– each 2 lines – max 3 pages
2.
Explain
the OSI model Layer. (16 marks)
·
OSI –expansion & purpose – 2 lines
·
7
layers names in table format
·
2
functions of each layer – 2 layers per page
·
Need
not draw diagrams for each layer – max 5 pages
3.
Explain
the TCP/ IP protocol architecture. (8
marks)
·
Tcp/ip - explanation in 2 lines
·
5
layers diagram
·
Min
2 functions of each layer
·
Need
not draw diagram for each layer
·
Max
3 pages
4.
What
is topology? Explain in detail. (16
marks)
·
Topology
– meaning – 2 lines
·
6
types of topology in table format
·
Diagram
& explanation
·
2
advantages & disadvantages
·
Max
5 pages
5.
Explain
the transmission media (16
marks)
·
Transmission
media – meaning – 2 lines
·
Wired
& wireless transmission – meaning – 2 lines
·
3
types – twisted pair – coaxial – fiber optic cable
·
Diagram - full page
·
Explanation
half page
·
2
advantages & disadvantages
·
Max
5 pages
UNIT II DATA LINK LAYER
1.
What
is flow control? Explain in detail. (16
marks)
·
Flow
control – meaning – 2 lines
·
2
types – stop and wait - sliding window
·
Stop
and wait – meaning – diagram – explanation – 2 advantages & disadvantages
·
Sliding
window – meaning – diagram – explanation - – 2 advantages & disadvantages
·
Max
5 pages
2.
What
is Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ)? Explain in detail. (16 marks)
·
Retransmission
of lost or damaged frames
·
3
types – stop and wait ARQ – go back n ARQ – selective reject ARQ
·
Meaning
– diagram – explanation – 2 advantages & disadvantages
·
Max
5 pages
3.
Briefly
explain the error detection techniques with examples (16 marks)
·
Error
control – meaning – 2 lines
·
4
types of error detection techniques
·
VRC
– LRC – CRC- Check sum
·
Example
– explanation –
·
Max
5 pages
4.
What
is MAC? Explain in detail. (8
marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
Frame
format – diagram & 1 line explanation
·
Aloha
– slotted aloha – CSMA – CSMA/CD (1-persistence, n-persistence, p-persistence)
– CSMA/CA (polling, select)
·
Max
3 pages
5.
What
is Ethernet? Explain in detail. (8
marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
Frame
format – diagram & 1 line explanation
·
4
types of Ethernet – standard – fast Ethernet– 1GB Ethernet – 10 GB Ethernet
·
Max
3 pages
6.
What
is token ring? Explain in detail. (8
marks)
·
Meaning
-2 lines
·
Diagram
– full page
·
Explanation
– 1 page
·
Max
3 pages
7.
Briefly
explain the wireless LAN architecture (12
marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
2
types – adhoc & infrastructure – diagrams & explanation
·
BSS
(basis service sets) – diagram & explanation
·
ESS
(Extended service set) – diagram & explanation
·
Max
4 pages
8.
Explain
the Bluetooth architecture. (8 marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
2
types – piconet – scatternet
·
Diagrams
& explanation
·
Max
3 pages
9.
Explain
the bridges (6 marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
3
types – transparent bridge – translation bridge – source routing bridge
·
Diagram
& explanation
·
Max
3 pages
UNIT III NETWORK LAYER
1.
What
is switching? Explain in details (6
marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
3
types – circuit switching – message switching – packet switching
·
Diagram
& explanation
·
Max
3 pages
2.
Explain
the IP addressing. (10
marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
5
classes of IP addressing – class A – B – C – D – E
·
Diagram
& explanation
·
Max
4 pages
3.
Explain
the IPV6. (8 marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
Packet
format – diagram & explanation
·
Max
3 pages
4.
Explain
the ICMP. (8 marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
Packet
format – diagram & explanation
·
Max
3 pages
5.
Explain
the distance vector routing (DVR) protocol. (10
marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
DVR
– diagram (full page) & explanation.
·
Max
3 pages
6.
Explain
the Link state routing (LSR) protocol. (10
marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
LSR
– diagram (full page) & explanation.
·
Max
3 pages
7.
Explain
the border gateway protocol (BGP). (6
marks)
·
Meaning
·
Diagram
& explanation
·
Max
2 pages.
UNIT IV TRANSPORT LAYER
1.
Explain
the connection establishment in transport layer. (8 marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
Connection
establishment – data transmission - termination
·
2
way hand shaking – diagram & explanation
·
3
way handshaking - diagram & explanation
·
Max
3 pages
2.
Explain
the congestion control techniques. (16
marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
2
types – open loop methods – closed loop methods
·
Open
loop methods – meaning – retransmission policy – window policy –
acknowledgement policy – discarding policy – admission policy
·
Open
loop methods – explanation – each 4 lines
·
Closed
loop methods – meaning - back pressure – choke packet – implicit signaling –
explicit signaling
·
Closed
loop methods – diagram (half page ) & explanation
·
Max
5 pages
3.
Briefly
explain the quality of service. (12
marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
4
types of flow characteristics – reliability – delay – jitter – bandwidth
·
Types
in table format
·
Explanation
– 4 lines each
·
Max
3 pages
4.
Explain
the techniques to improve QoS (12
marks)
·
Scheduling
– FIFO queuing – priority queuing – weighted fair queuing – diagram &
explanation
·
Traffic
shaping – leaky bucket – token bucket – diagram & explanation
·
Max
4 pages
5.
Briefly
explain the UDP (user datagram protocol). (8
marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
Well
known ports – names and uses
·
User
datagram – meaning – field names
·
UDP
operations – connectionless services – flow and error control – encapsulation
and decapsulation – queuing
·
Uses
of UDP
·
Max
3 pages
6.
Briefly
explain about TCP. (8
marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
TCP
services – process to process communication – stream delivery service – full
duplex communication – connection oriented service – reliable service
·
TCP
segment format – diagram & explanation
7.
Explain
about RTP (Real Time Transport Protocol). (8marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
RTP
packet format – diagram & explanation
·
Max
3 pages
UNIT V APPLICATIONS
1.
Explain
about DNS (Domain naming system). (8
marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
Name
space – flat – hierarchical
·
Domain
– generic – country – inverse
·
Mapping
– names to address – address to names
·
Max
3 pages
2.
Explain
about WWW (World wide web) (8
marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
www
architecture - Diagram & explanation
·
client
– server – URL – cookies – static – dynamic – active documents
3.
explain
about SNMP (8 marks)
·
meaning
– 2 lines
·
SNMP
– diagram & explanation
·
Max
3 pages
4.
Explain
about SMTP. (8 marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
Diagram
& explanation
·
Max
3 pages
5.
Explain
about DES algorithm (8
marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
Diagram
& explanation
·
Max
3 pages
6.
Explain
about RSA algorithm ( 8
marks)
·
Meaning
-2 lines
·
Diagram
& explanation
·
Max
3 pages
7.
Explain
about SSL (TSL). (8
marks)
·
Meaning
– 2 lines
·
SSL
functions – fragmentation – compression – message confidentiality – message
integrity – framing
·
Max
3 pages
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