Introduction - Data Communication System and Its Components, Data Flow, Networks, types of Connection and Topologies, LAN, MAN, WAN, Internetwork, Internet . Network Models- OSI Models, Layers in OSI Models, TCP/IP protocol Suite, Address. Digital Transmission -Transmission Modes, Bandwidth Utilization: Multiplexing. SwitchingCircuit Switched Network, Datagram Network. Error Detection and Correction-Types of errors, Detection versus correction, CRC encoder and decoder, checksum. Data Link Control-Framing, flow and error control.Multiple Access- CSMA/CA, CSMA/CD. Network Layer-IPv4 Addressing, Address space, ClassfulAddressing, Classless Addressing, Address block mask, Network Address. Network Layer: Internet Protocol-Internetworking, Network Layer: Delivery, Forward Techniques, Next-Hop Method verses route method, Network Specific method versus Host- specific Method. Transport Layer-Process to process delivery, UDP-Well known ports of UDP, Operation and uses, TCP services and features. Three-way Handshake for connection establishment and termination. Application Layer -Domain Name Space, Remote Logging, Electronic Mail and File Transfer- Email, FTP.WWW and HTTP- HTTP.