CS-602 RGPV B.Tech
Computer Networks (CN)
Previous year papers and the official syllabus are free to read, no account needed.
Previous Year Papers
6 papers, latest Jun 2026
- CS-602 paper, Jun 2026
- CS-602 paper, Jun 2025
- CS-602 paper, Dec 2024
- CS-602 paper, May 2024
- CS-602 paper, May 2023
- CS-602 paper, May 2022
Syllabus, notes and important questions for CS-602
Syllabus units
Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.
Unit 1 Computer Network Foundations 10 topics
- Definitions of computer networks
- Goals and components of computer networks
- Network architecture and classifications
- Layered architecture and protocol hierarchy
- Design issues, interfaces and services
- Connection‑oriented and connection‑less services
- Service primitives and their functionality
- ISO/OSI reference model principles and layer descriptions
- Comparison of ISO/OSI model with TCP/IP model
- Physical layer principles: media, bandwidth, data rate, modulation
Unit 2 Data Link Layer 9 topics
- Need for a data link layer
- Services provided by the data link layer
- Framing techniques
- Flow control mechanisms
- Error control mechanisms
- Elementary and sliding‑window protocols: 1‑bit, Go‑Back‑N, Selective Repeat, Hybrid ARQ
- Protocol verification using finite‑state‑machine models
- Protocol verification using Petri‑net models
- ARP, RARP, GARP protocols
Unit 3 MAC Sub‑layer 8 topics
- MAC addressing schemes
- Binary Exponential Back‑off (BEB) algorithm
- Distributed random access/contention schemes for data services: ALOHA, Slotted ALOHA
- Distributed random access/contention schemes for LANs: CSMA, CSMA/CD, CSMA/CA
- Collision‑free protocols: Basic Bitmap, BRAP, Binary Countdown, MLMA
- Limited contention protocols: Adaptive Tree Walk
- Performance measuring metrics for MAC protocols
- IEEE 802 series standards and their variants
Unit 4 Network Layer 9 topics
- Need for a network layer
- Services provided by the network layer
- Design issues in network layer
- Routing algorithms: Least‑Cost Routing, Dijkstra's algorithm, Bellman‑Ford algorithm, Hierarchical Routing, Broadcast Routing, Multicast Routing
- IP addressing and header format
- Packet forwarding techniques
- Fragmentation and reassembly processes
- ICMP protocol functions
- Comparative study of IPv4 and IPv6
Unit 5 Transport and Application Layers 12 topics
- Transport layer design issues
- UDP header format and per‑segment checksum
- UDP support for unicast/multicast real‑time traffic
- TCP connection management
- Reliability mechanisms in TCP
- TCP flow control
- TCP congestion control
- TCP header format and timer management
- Application layer protocols: WWW and HTTP, FTP, SSH
- Email protocols: SMTP, MIME, IMAP
- DNS protocol
- Network management using SNMP
Unit 6 == END OF UNITS==
The syllabus lists no separate topics for this unit.
Exam insights
Counted from 6 past CS-602 papers.
Marks asked per paper, by unit
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Unit 1 Computer Network: Definitions, goals, components, Architecture, Classifications & Types 26 marks
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Unit 2 Data Link Layer 22 marks
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Unit 3 MAC Sub layer 18 marks
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Unit 4 Network Layer 19 marks
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Unit 5 Transport Layer 26 marks
Average marks of the questions from each unit in one paper. You answer only some of them, so the total is more than the paper’s maximum.
Asked again and again
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Given the address block $211.17.180.0/24$, create 32 subnets and find the subnet mask, number of addresses per subnet, and first and last addresses in the first and last subnets
Asked 5 times: 2025, 2024
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Explain the working principle of Go-Back-N ARQ and Selective Repeat ARQ protocols with examples.
Asked 3 times: 2026, 2024, 2022
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Compare connection-oriented and connectionless services.
Asked 3 times: 2025, 2024, 2022