Data Communications, Networks, The Internet, Protocols & Standards, Layered Tasks, The OSI model, Layers in OSI model, TCP/IP Protocol suite, Addressing
Analog & Digital Signals, Transmission Impairment, Data Rate limits, Performance, Digital-digital conversion (Only Line coding: Polar, Bipolar and Manchester coding), Analog-to-digital conversion (only PCM), Transmission Modes, Digital-to-analog conversion
Multiplexing, Spread Spectrum, Introduction to switching, Circuit Switched Networks, Datagram Networks, Virtual Circuit Networks
Error Detection & Correction: Introduction, Block coding, Linear block codes, Cyclic codes, Checksum.
Framing, Flow and Error Control, Protocols, Noiseless Channels, Noisy channels, HDLC, PPP (Framing, Transition phases only)
Random access, Controlled Access,Channelization, Ethernet: IEEE standards, Standard Ethernet, Changes in the standard, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
Introduction, IEEE 802.11,Bluetooth, Connecting devices, Cellular Telephony
Introduction, Logical addressing, IPv4 addresses, IPv6 addresses, Internetworking basics, IPv4, IPv6, Comparison of IPv4 and IPv6 Headers.