Anna University Syllabus regulation 2017 Communication Network EC8551 important questions are analyzed from the previous year question papers. 



Unit 1 - FUNDAMENTALS AND LINK LAYER

1. OSI model
2. Error Detection and Correction
3. TCP IP model
4. Problems based on topology and check sum, CRC

Unit 2 - MEDIA ACCESS AND INTERNETWORKING

1. Ethernet(802.3)
2. Wireless LANs(802.11)
3. Bluetooth
4. IPV4 Address and Network layer protocols (IP, ICMP, Mobile IP)
5. Problems based on IP Addressing

Unit 3 - ROUTING

1. Unicast Routing Algorithms
2. Multicast Routing and its basics
3. Overview of IPv4 to IPv6
5. Problems based on subnetting

Unit 4 - TRANSPORT LAYER

1. User Datagram Protocols(UDP)
2. Transmission Control Protocols(TCP) Congestion Control
3. Congestion avoidance (DECbit, RED)
4. Qos and Application requirements

Unit 5 - APPLICATION LAYER

1. Client Server Programming
2. World Wide Web and HTTP
3. DNS and Electronic Mail(SMTP, POP3, IMAP, MIME)
4. Cryptography and Network Security
5. Firewalls
6. Problems based on RSA Algorithms