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Catalog Description:

Fundamentals of data communications: media, transmission, encoding and processing, interfacing, error detection and handling, link control, multiplexing, circuit and packet switching. Introduction to network architecture and topology, local and wide area networks. Prerequisite: CS 3430 and knowledge of C or C++

Course Outline

• Introduction to Networking
• Overview of OSI Reference Model
• Circuit-switching and packet-switching
• Multiplexing: FDM, TDM, WDM
• The Physical Layer
  • Theoretical basis - Shannon/Nyquist formulae
  • Transmission media
    • Co-axial cable, UTP, microwave, fiber.
  • Examples: B-ISDN, RS-232C, T-1, SONET, Cellular, Satellite
• The Data Link Layer
  • Framing
  • Error Detection and Correction
    • Checksum, CRC, FEC, ARQ
  • Flow Control
    • Stop and Wait, Sliding Window, Go-back-n, Selective Repeat
  • Examples: HDLC, SLIP, PPP, ATM
• The Medium Access (MAC) Layer
  • Static vs. Dynamic channel allocation
  • Aloha
  • Persistent, p-persistent, non-persistent CSMA
  • Collision-free and limited contention algorithms
  • IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.5 Token Ring
  • Bridging
  • High speed networks - FDDI, Fast Ethernet, Satellite

Recommended Texts:

• Andrew Tanenbaum, Computer Networks 4rd ed., Prentice Hall, 2003.
• William Stallings, Data and Computer Communications, 7th ed., Prentice Hall, 2003.
• Peterson & Davies, Computer Networks, A Systems Approach, 3rd ed.
• Fred Halsall, Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems, 4th ed., Addison Wesley, 1996.