CS 3590 Data Communications and Networking (4)             2005

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.