CS6002 NETWORK ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT |syllabus (ELECTIVE-I)

CS6002    NETWORK ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT L T P C 3 0 0 3

                                                                                                       
OBJECTIVES:

The student should be made to:
 Learn network devices functions and configurations hub, switch, tap and routers.
 Be familiar with network Security Devices.
 Be exposed to network services.
 Understand and analyze application performance
 Learn to analyze network traffic and protocols
 Be aware of network-troubleshooting concepts.
 Understand network security concepts.

UNIT I      A SYSTEM APPROACH TO NETWORK DESIGN AND REQUIREMENT
ANALYSIS    (9)

Introduction-Network Service and Service based networks- Systems and services- characterizing the
services. Requirement Analysis: Concepts – Background – User Requirements- Application
Requirements- Host Requirements-Network Requirements – Requirement Analysis: Guidelines –
Requirements gathering and listing- Developing service metrics to measure performance –
Characterizing behavior- developing performance threshold – Distinguish between service
performance levels. Requirement Analysis: Practice –Template, table and maps –simplifying the
requirement analysis process –case study.

UNIT II      FLOW ANALYSIS: CONCEPTS, GUIDELINES AND PRACTICE    (9)

Background- Flows- Data sources and sinks- Flow models- Flow boundaries- Flow distributions- Flow
specifications- Applying the flow model-Establishing flow boundaries-Applying flow distributions-
Combining flow models, boundaries and distributions- Developing flow specifications-prioritizing flowsimplifying
flow analysis process –examples of applying flow specs- case study.

UNIT III      LOGICAL DESIGN: CHOICES, INTERCONNECTION MECHANISMS,
NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY    (9)

Background- Establishing design goals- Developing criteria for technology evolution- Making
technology choices for design-case study- Shared Medium- Switching and Routing: Comparison and
contrast- Switching- Routing-Hybrid Routing/Switching Mechanisms – Applying Interconnection
Mechanism to Design – Integrating Network management and security into the Design- Defining
Network Management- Designing with manageable resources- Network Management Architecture-
Security- Security mechanism- Examples- Network Management and security plans- Case study.

UNIT IV      NETWORK DESIGN: PHYSICAL, ADDRESSING AND ROUTING    (9)

Introduction- Evaluating cable plant design options – Network equipment placement- diagramming the
physical design- diagramming the worksheet –case study. Introduction to Addressing and routingestablishing
routing flow in the design environments- manipulating routing flows- developing
addressing strategies- developing a routing strategy- case study.

UNIT V      NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND SNMP PROTOCOL MODEL    (9)

Network and System management, Network management system platform; Current SNMP
Broadband and TMN management, Network management standards. SNMPV1, SNMPV2 system
architecture, SNMPV2, structure of management information. SNMPV2 – MIB – SNMPV2 protocol,
SNMPV3-Architecture, Application, MIB, security user based security model, access control RMON.

                                                                                                                        TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:

At the end of this course the students should be able to:
 Explain the key concepts and algorithms in complex network analysis.
 Apply a range of techniques for characterizing network structure.
 Discuss methodologies for analyzing networks of different fields.
 Demonstrate knowledge of recent research in the area and exhibit technical writing and
presentation skills.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. James.D.McCabe, “Practical Computer Network Analysis and Design”, 1st Edition, Morgan
Kaufaman, 1997.
2. Mani Subramanian, “Network Management – Principles & Practice” – 2nd Edition Prentice Hall,
2012.

REFERENCES:

1. J.Radz,”Fundamentals of Computer Network Analysis and Engineering: Basic Approaches for
Solving Problems in the Networked Computing Environment”, Universe, 2005.
2. Mark Newman, “Networks: An Introduction”,Kindle Edition,2010.
3. Laura Chappel and Gerald Combs ,“Wireshark 101: Essential Skills for Network Analysis”,Kindle
Edition,2013.
4. William Stallings., “SNMP, SNMP2, SNMP3 and RMON1 and 2”, Pearson Education, 2004.
5. Daw Sudira, “Network Management”, Sonali Publications, 2004.