PRINCIPLES OF DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
CS 605.471
DR. RICHARD NIEPORENT
SUMMER 2008
email: nieporent@verizon.net
telephone: 443-695-1111
fax: 703-983-5687
SCHEDULE
June 02: Class Cancelled
June 05: Class Cancelled
June 09: Lecture 1
1.1 Background (Chapter 1)
1.2 Basic Concepts (Chapter 1)
2.1 Signaling (Chapter 3)
Homework #1 (Due June 16)
June 12: Lecture 2
2.2 Encoding and Modulation (Chapters 4 & 5)
2.3 Interfaces
June 16: Lecture 3
2.3 Interfaces (continued)
2.4 Modems (Chapter 9)
2.5 Transmission Media (Chapter 7)
Homework #2 (Due June 26)
June 19: Lecture 4
3.1 Common Carrier Telephone Network (Chapter 9)
3.2 Multiplexing (Chapter 6)
June 23: Lecture 5
3.2 Multiplexing (continued)
3.3 Switching Techniques (Chapter 8)
Homework #3 (Due June 30)
June 26: Lecture 6
4.1 Error Detection and Correction (Chapter 10)
4.2 Data Link Control (Chapter 11)
June 30: Lecture 7
4.3 Line Utilization
4.4 Forward Error Correction (Chapter 10)
5.1 Asynchronous Protocols
Midterm Exam (Take-home - Due July 03)
Homework #4 (Due July 07)
July 03: Lecture 8
5.2 Syncronous Protocols (Chapter 11)
5.3 Modem Error Correction Protocols
5.4 Data Compression
Midterm Exam Due
Homework #5 (Due July 10)
July 07: Lecture 9
5.4 Data Compression (continued)
5.5 Data Security (Chapters 30-32)
July 10: Lecture 10
6.1 Centralized Topology Design
6.2 Response Time
Homework #6 (Due July 14)
July 14: Lecture 11
6.3 Network Effectiveness
6.4 Circuit Costing
Final Exam (Take-home - Due July 17)
July 17: Lecture 12
7.1 Circuit Switched Networks
7.2 Packet Switched Networks (Chapter 18)
7.3 Cell Switched Networks (Chapter 18)
Final Exam Due