Computer Networks (BCS603) important topics for AKTU – unit-wise
Topics are ranked by how many times AKTU asked them across 6 papers. Finish the "very likely" topics first, then the top topics of each unit.
High-probability Computer Networks topics
- Physical Layer Transmission (Unit 1: Introductory Concepts and Physical Layer) – asked 21 times in 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- TCP Protocol (Unit 4: Transport Layer) – asked 16 times in 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Flow Control Protocols (Unit 2: Link Layer and Medium Access Control) – asked 14 times in 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
What to cover inside these topics
- Transmission Media and Connections (part of Physical Layer Transmission)
- Network Performance and Impairments (part of Physical Layer Transmission)
- Signal Transmission and Encoding (part of Physical Layer Transmission)
- Connection Management (part of TCP Protocol)
- Window Management (part of TCP Protocol)
- Flow Control and Retransmission (part of TCP Protocol)
- Elementary Data Link Protocols (part of Flow Control Protocols)
- Sliding Window Protocols (part of Flow Control Protocols)
Most asked Computer Networks topics in each unit
- Unit 1 (Introductory Concepts and Physical Layer): Physical Layer Transmission – 21 times; Network Architecture and Protocols – 9 times; Network Goals and Categories – 3 times
- Unit 2 (Link Layer and Medium Access Control): Flow Control Protocols – 14 times; Medium Access Control – 11 times; Error Detection and Correction – 7 times
- Unit 3 (Network Layer): Routing and Forwarding – 13 times; Logical Addressing and Subnetting – 11 times; Congestion Control – 9 times
- Unit 4 (Transport Layer): TCP Protocol – 16 times; Process to Process Delivery; UDP Protocol
- Unit 5 (Application Layer): Network Management and SNMP – 8 times; File Transfer Protocol – 7 times; Data Compression and Cryptography – 4 times