Degree Level Course
Computer Networks
To understand the architecture and functioning of computer networks using a top-down approach. To explore how applications communicate over the Internet and how data is transmitted reliably, efficiently, and securely across layers.
Course ID: BSCS4024
Course Credits: 4
Course Type: Elective
Pre-requisites: BSCS3005 - Programming in C
Course structure & Assessments
For details of standard course structure and assessments, visit Academics page.
| WEEK 1 | Introduction to Computer Networking and Internet Architecture |
| WEEK 2 | Understanding the Layered Protocol Stack and Packet Analysis |
| WEEK 3 | Fundamentals of Network Performance and Delay Metrics |
| WEEK 4 | Quality of Experience (QoE) and Web Performance Measurement |
| WEEK 5 | Foundations of Socket Programming and Client-Server Models |
| WEEK 6 | Application-Level Protocols and TCP Traffic Analysis |
| WEEK 7 | Reliable Data Transfer and Transport Layer Mechanisms |
| WEEK 8 | Flow Control and Sliding Window Protocols in TCP |
| WEEK 9 | Congestion Control Algorithms and TCP Fairness |
| WEEK 10 | IP Addressing, Subnetting, and Routing Principles |
| WEEK 11 | Routing Algorithms and Internetworking |
| WEEK 12 | Medium Access Control and Wireless Communication Protocols |
About the Instructors
Prof. Ayon Chakraborty is an Assistant Professor in the Department of CSE at IIT Madras. He received his PhD from SUNY Stony Brook, NY, and had a three-year stint as a researcher at NEC Labs America, Princeton, NJ. His research interests are in designing IoT-based/mobile systems that interact with and interpret (sense) the physical world, spanning both algorithm design as well as end-to-end system prototyping.
Other courses by the same instructor: BSCS3031 - Computer Systems Design
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