Computer Networks

An IIT Indore lecture course

This NPTEL course is taught by Prof. Neminath Hubballi of IIT Indore across 71 lectures. It begins with an introduction to computer networks, internet access and network topologies, then turns to performance measurement.

Performance and architecture

Delays, throughput, layering architecture and security come next, followed by the application layer. The visible titles cover HTTP and its later versions, so the course spends time on how applications actually use the network.

Approach

• Work through the two-part lectures in pairs, since each topic is split across them.
• Keep a running table of the delay and throughput formulas as they appear.
• Note how the application layer protocols depend on the transport layer beneath them.