Subject: Data Communications

Course Name

DATA COMMUNICATIONS

Course Description

Data communication systems; terminals, modems; terminal control units; multiplexers; concentrators; front-end processors; common carrier services; data communication system design; computer network models; TCP/IP principles; LAN; WAN; sample case studies

Prerequisites:

Digital Communications

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, the student must be able to conceptualize, analyze and design a data communication system.

1. Introduction to Data Communications

2. Category of Data Communication
3. Configurations and Network Topology
4. Transmission Modes
5. Two-wire vs. Four Wire Circuits
6. Types of Synchronization
7. Network Components (Terminal, multiplexer, concentrators)
8. Network Components (LCU,FEP,Serial Interface)
9. Security
10. Cryptography
11. Open System Interconnection
12. System Network Architecture
13. TCP/IP Architecture
14. Character-Oriented Protocols
15. Bit-Oriented Protocols
16. LAN/MAN/WAN/GAN
17. ISDN/B-ISDN

Data Communications Course Outline

Following is the list of topics we will discuss in this course:

Data Communications

LESSON 1: Introduction to Data Communications

LESSON 2: Network Models

LESSON 3: Data and Signals

LESSON 4: Digital Transmission

LESSON 5: Analog Transmission

LESSON 6: Bandwidth Utilization: Multiplexing and Spreading

LESSON 7: Transmission Media

LESSON 8: Switching

LESSON 9: Using Telephone and Cable Networks for Data Transmission

LESSON 10: Error Detection and Correction

LESSON 11: Data Link Control

LESSON 12: Multiple Access

LESSON 13: Wired LANs: Ethernet

LESSON 14: Wireless LANs

LESSON 15: Connecting LANs, Backbone Networks, and Virtual LANs

LESSON 16: Wireless WANs: Cellular Telephone and Satellite Networks

LESSON 17: SONET/SDH

LESSON 18: Virtual-Circuit Networks: Frame Relay and ATM

Suggested References

Data Communications and Networking, Behrouz A. Forouzan

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