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<<<OE5>>> NETWORK SIMULATION

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CO PO MAPPING

		PO1	PO2	PO3	PO4	PO5	PO6	PO7	PO8	PO9	PO10	PO11	PO12	PSO1	PSO2	PSO3
		K3	K4	K5	K5	K6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	K5	K3	K6
CO1	K2	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1
CO2	K3	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	3	1
CO3	K2	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1
CO4	K2	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1
CO5	K4	3	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	3	2
Score		12	11	7	0	6	0	0	5	5	5	0	5	7	12	6
Course Mapping		3	3	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	3	2

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• To understand the protocol layering and physical level communication
• To understand the various components required to build different networks
• To learn the background of network simulation
• To explore the various networking protocols
• To familiarize with the basics of NS3 simulator and packet tracer.

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UNIT I

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER NETWORKS

6

Introduction: Networks – Network types – Protocol layering – TCP/IP Protocol suite – OSI Model; Network devices; Performance.

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UNIT II

NETWORKING AND ACCESS CONTROL

6

Addressing; Ethernet networking; VLAN: Basics – Configuring VLAN; ACL; Firewall; Working of packet tracer.

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UNIT III

NETWORKING PROTOCOLS

6

Network as a graph; Routing Protocols: RIP – OSPF; Autonomous System: EIGRP; TCP; UDP.

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UNIT IV

NETWORK SIMULATION

6

Types of simulation; The need for communications network modeling and simulation; Types of communications networks; Modeling Constructs; Performance targets for simulation purposes.

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UNIT V

NETWORK SIMULATOR

6

Overview of Simulators; Introduction to NS3: Background of NS3 – Establishing a network in NS3; Study of performance of TCP protocol.

SUGGESTIVE EXPERIMENTS

• Learn to use commands like tcpdump, netstat, ifconfig, nslookup and traceroute.
• Capture ping and traceroute PDUs using a network protocol analyzer and examine.
• Establish LAN, VLAN
• Redistribution of RIP-OSPF in internetwork communicaiton
• Defining Access Lists for permitting and denying connections
• Creating a network in NS3
• Performance Study of TCP in NS3

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COURSE OUTCOMES

Upon Completion of the course, the students should be able to:

• Understand the basic layers and its functions in computer networks (K2)
• Analyze networking protocols (K3)
• Understand the importance of network simulation (K2)
• Understand the working of NS3 simulator and packet tracer (K2)
• Design network topology using NS3 (K4)

TEXT BOOKS

1. Behrouz A. Forouzan, Data Communications and Networking, Fifth Edition TMH, 2013.
2. Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, Fifth Edition, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., 2012.

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. William Stallings, “Data and Computer Communications”, Tenth Edition, Pearson Education, 2013.
2. Nader F Mir, “Computer and Communication Networks”, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 2014.
3. Ying-Dar Lin, Ren-Hung Hwang, Fred Baker, “Computer Networks: An Open Source Approach”, McGraw Hill Publisher, 2011.
4. James F Kurose, Keith W Ross, “Computer Networking, A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet”, Sixth Edition, Pearson Education, 2013.