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Timetable


LECTURES

Tuesday 11:00 -12:00 (VIC205)
Thursday 10:00 -12:00 (ENGLG02)

OFFICE HOURS

Tuesday 10:00 - 11:00 (ENG284)
Wednesday 10:00 - 11:00 (ENG284)

THESIS MEETINGS

Fridays 10:00 - 11:00 (ENG284)


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Course Outline


TEXT

Data Communication and Networking by Behrouz Forouzan
Publisher: McGraw–Hill


REFERENCES

Computer Network by Tannenbaum
Publisher: Prentice–Hall


COURSE OBJECTIVES

This course is intended to give some insight into Computer Communications and Networks. Students are exposed to various Protocols, Standards and Interfaces.


TOPICS

1. Data Transmission
  • Concepts and Terminology
  • Transmission Impairments
  • Analog and Digital Transmission

    2. Transmission Media
  • Guided Transmission Media
  • Wireless Transmission

    3. Data Encoding
  • Digital Data, Digital Signals
  • Digital Data, Analog Signals
  • Analog Data, Digital Signals
  • Analog Data, Analog Signals

    4. Data Communication Interface
  • Asynchronous and Synchronous Transmission
  • Line Configurations
  • Interfaces

    5. Data Link Control
  • Flow Control
  • Error Deduction
  • Error Control
  • High – Level Data Link Control (HDLC)
  • Other Data link Control Protocols

    6. Multiplexing
  • Frequency – Division Multiplexing
  • Synchronous Time – Division Multiplexing
  • Statical Time – Division Multiplexing

    7. Circuit Switching
  • Switched Network
  • Circuit – Switching Network
  • Switching Concepts
  • Control Signaling

    8. Packet Switching
  • Packet – Switching Principles
  • Routing
  • Congestion Control
  • X.25

    9. Frame Relay
  • Frame Relay Protocol Architecture
  • Frame Relay Call Control
  • User Data Transfer
  • Network Function

    10. Asynchronous Transfer Mode
  • Protocol Architecture
  • ATM Logical Connection
  • ATM Cells

    11. Local Area Network
  • LAN Architecture
  • Bus/Trees Architecture
  • Ring LANs
  • Star LANs
  • Wireless LANs

    12. LAN System
  • Ethernet (CSMA/CD)
  • Token Ring and FDDI

    13. Protocols and Architecture
  • Protocols
  • OSI
  • TCP/IP


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    Course Evaluation


    Assignments: 30%
    Midterm: ---35% Tuesday Oct 27,2009
    Final: --Exam Week 35%

    X = (Exam + Midterm %)/100 Multiply (Assignment + Lab %) By ‘f’
    X < 0.30
    0.30 =< X < 0.70
    X >= 0.70    		 F = 0
    F = -3.33X^2 + 6.08 – 1.53
    F= 1.0


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    Contact


    Professor Raj Nagendra

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