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Computer Networks is a free engineering handbook covering important course topics, notes, diagrams, equations, formulas and study materials. Download this digital book and reference guide for Diploma, BE, BTech, BCA, BSc, MCA and other degree courses.

Explore 144 topics across 8 chapters, including OSI and TCP/IP models, LAN, WAN, network protocols, data transmission, Ethernet, Wi-Fi and data link control. Useful for exams, viva, interviews, projects and quick revision.

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Computer Science Engineering (CSE), Information Technology (IT), Computer Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), Telecommunication Engineering, Network Engineering and Cybersecurity.

77 LISTED TOPICS FROM 144

NETWORK BASICS & MODELS
1. Growth of Computer Networking
2. Networking Seems Complex
3. Five Key Aspects of Networking
4. Local Area Network (LAN)
5. Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
6. Wide Area Network (WAN)
7. OSI Reference Model (OSI Layers)
8. TCP/IP Reference Model
9. Comparison of OSI and TCP/IP Models
10. Problems of the TCP/IP Reference Model
11. Problems of the OSI Model/Layers
12. ARPANET
13. Architecture of the Internet
14. ATM Reference Model
15. Client-Server Model
16. Peer-to-Peer Communication
17. Transmission Technologies
18. Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Services
19. Protocol Hierarchies
20. Interfaces
21. Services of Layers
22. X.25 Networks
23. Applications of Computer Networks
24. Using Layered Protocols
25. Simplex, Half-Duplex and Full-Duplex Communication
26. Novell NetWare IPX Packet
27. Network Topology/Topologies

TRANSMISSION MEDIA & SWITCHING
28. Taxonomy by Forms of Energy
29. Coaxial Cable
30. Twisted Pair
31. Fiber Optic Cables
32. Compare Fiber Optics and Copper Wire
33. Switching
34. Circuit-Switched vs Packet-Switched Networks
35. Dual-Cable and Single-Cable Systems
36. Single-Mode and Multimode Fibers
37. Disadvantages of Optical Fiber
38. Serial Transmission
39. ISDN Architecture
40. Objectives of ISDN
41. ISDN Reference Model

DATA LINK LAYER & ERROR CONTROL
42. Data Link Layer Design Issues
43. Services Provided by the Data Link Layer
44. Framing in Data Link Layer
45. Error-Correcting Codes
46. Unrestricted Simplex Protocol
47. Simplex Stop-and-Wait Protocol
48. Simplex Protocol for a Noisy Channel
49. Sliding Window Protocols
50. One-Bit Sliding Window Protocol
51. Protocol Using Go-Back-N
52. High-Level Data Link Control
53. Data Link Layer in Internet
54. Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
55. PPP Frame Format
56. LCP Packets

CHANNEL ALLOCATION & MAC PROTOCOLS
57. Static Channel Allocation
58. Dynamic Channel Allocation in LANs and MANs
59. ALOHA
60. Slotted ALOHA
61. 1-Persistent CSMA
62. Non-Persistent CSMA
63. p-Persistent CSMA
64. CSMA with Collision Detection
65. Bit-Map Collision-Free Protocol
66. Binary Countdown Protocol
67. Limited-Contention Protocols
68. Adaptive Tree Walk Protocol

ETHERNET, WI-FI & BRIDGING
69. Ethernet Cabling
70. Cable Topologies of Ethernet
71. Manchester Encoding
72. 802.3 Frame Format
73. Binary Exponential Backoff Algorithm
74. Services of 802.11
75. Bridges
76. Operation of Two-Port Bridge
77. Spanning Tree Bridges

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WHO IS IT FOR?
Diploma and degree students, BE/BTech, BCA, BSc and MCA learners, teachers and networking professionals. Use this free Computer Networks ebook for syllabus study, self-learning and quick revision.