1.Computer
Networks
1.1. Protocol stack,
switching
1.2. Link Layer:
services, error detection and correction, multiple access protocols, LAN
addressing and ARP(Address Resolution Protocol), Ethernet, CSMA/CD multiple
access protocol, Hubs, Bridge, and switches, Wireless LANs, PPP(Point to Point
Protocol), Wide area protocols
1.3. Network Layer:
services, datagram and virtual circuits, routing principle and algorithms,
Internet Protocol(IP), IP addressing, IP transport, fragmentation and assembly,
ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol), OSPE(Open Shortest Path First),
router internals, IPv6)
1.4. Transport Layer:
principles, multiplexing and de-multiplexing, UDP, TCP, flow control,
principles of congestion control, TCP congestion control
1.5. Application
Layer: Web and Web caching, FTP(File Transfer Protocol), Electronic mail,
DNS(Domain Name Service), socket programming
1.6. Distributed
system, Clusters
2.