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Prerequisite
EE370 and EE315
Syllabus
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Textbook
Leon-Garcia and Widjaja, Communication Networks, McGraw Hill, 2000.
Course Description
The telephone network: organization, routing. Local area design. The telephone set. Teletraffic analysis: blocking probability, traffic measurement, switch sizing. Switching techniques: crossbar, space and time switching. Telephone transmission: frequency and time multiplexing standards, transmission media, drop and insert concept. Conventional and common channel signaling. Current and future trends: cellular phones, ISDN, broadband ISDN and ATM switching.
Grading Policy
Quizzes (5) |
10 % Monday of Weeks 3, 5, 8, 10, 14 |
Major Exam I |
15 % Saturday of Week 7, Class time |
Major Exam II |
15 % Monday of Week 12, Class time |
Project/Presentation |
10 % |
Laboratory |
20 % |
Final Exam |
30 % |
Course Breakdown
Topic |
Chapter |
# Lectures |
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INTRODUCTION TO
NETWORKS:
Network Services
Network Topologies
Circuit switching and packet
switching |
1.1 - 1.2 |
2 |
COMPUTER NETWORKS |
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LAYER
ARCHITECTURE:
Concept
of Layering, OSI Model, TCP/IP, IP Addressing |
2.1-2.3, 8.1-8.2 |
4 |
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PHYSICAL LAYER:
Digital
Transmission Fundamentals, Transmission Media,
Devices
and Components |
3.1 - 3.8 |
4 |
DATA LINK LAYER (DLC) PROTOCOLS:
Error Control, ARQ, Framing
(external material) |
3.9, 5.2 |
4 |
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MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL
PROTOCOLS:
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ALOHA, CSMA, Polling, Token Ring |
6.1 - 6.4 |
4 |
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ROUTING:
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Routing Tables, Routing Algorithms, Shortest Path, ATM |
7.3 - 7.6 |
4 |
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LANs and PANs:
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Protocols, Ethernet, Token-Ring, FDDI |
6.6 - 6.6 |
3 |
TELEPHONE NETWORK |
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Network Elements, Multiplexing, Switching, Signaling,
Traffic Analysis, Cellular Networks |
4.1- 4.8 |
5 |
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