COE-342 Data and Computer Communications

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Course Syllabus:

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Exam Dates:

Exam dates are:

• Major 1 on Monday October 28th, 2002 - Rm 24-178 - at 7:30 pm
• Major 2 on Tuesday December 31st 2002 - Rm 24-178 - at 7:00 pm
• Final exam is scheduled by the registrar office.

Lecture Notes

Students are responsible for the material in the textbook and that in the handouts, if any. The class notes and slides are just "notes"; they may not cover all required material. The book is the reference for the required material.

As the semester progresses, I will be depositing electronic copies of  my class notes as they become available on this page. My notes are based on the textbook. This is the list of the notes as of Sept 21st, 2002:

Chapter 1: Introduction, Topologies, and Protocols

Chapter 2: Protocols - The OSI Reference Model and the TCP/IP Stack

Chapter 3: Data, Signals and Transmission

             These slides do not include Fourier Series and Fourier Transform - refer to Fourier Series Expansion and Filtering handout

Chapter 4: Transmission Media

             These slides are originally for Stallings - I just added some explanatory text and modern (colored) illustrations

Chapter 5: Data Encoding -  Modulation Techniques

Chapter 6: Data Communication Interface (Asynchronous/synchronous Transmission, V.24/EIA-232-F, ISDN interface)

Chapter 7: Data Link Control (Flow/Error Control Schemes and HDLC)

Chapter 8: Multiplexing (FDM and TDM)

These are the set of notes provided by the publisher. The original power point files are found at: ftp://ftp.prenhall.com/pub/esm/computer_science.s-041/stallings/Slides/DCC6e-Slides/

while the pdf printout of for each of the chapters is given below:

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Protocols and Architecture

Chapter 3: Data Transmission

Chapter 4: Transmission Media

Chapter 5: Data Encoding

Chapter 6: The Data Communication Interface

Chapter 7: Data Link Control

Chapter 8: Multiplexing

Handouts:

• Handout on Fourier Series Expansion and Filtering: This handout attempts to explain the following concepts using an example:

1. Periodic signals - Period T and the relationship with the fundamental frequency f
2. The DC component of a signal - The power of a periodic signal
3. The Fourier series expansion of a periodic signal
4. Computing the power of a signal using its Fourier series expansion - Computation of power of truncated signals
5. Low/Band/High pass filtering (ideal)
6. Introduces MATLAB programming language (code included in document)

• Handout for the programming assignment #1: Matlab Code - Hints for Programming Assignment

1. This handout contains two programs in matlab - The first depicts how to plot and evaluate a signal s(t) using its Fourier Series expansion
2. The second code shows how to use the FFT routine to compute/plot the frequency spectrum function of s(t)

Assignments:

• Sept 16th, 2002    - Reading Assignment #1: Section 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5 
• Sept 21st, 2002    - Reading Assignment #2: Sections 2.1 and 2.2
• Oct 7th, 2002       - Solve the following problems (Assignment#1)  - Due date Oct 23rd, 2002 (in class)

                                       - Hints for question 2 of Assignment#1

                                       - Solution for assignment#1

• Oct 16th, 2002    - Programming Assignment#1 (using Matlab)- Due date Nov 9th, 2002 (in class)

                                      - Hint Basic Matlab code  for Programming Assignment#1

                                      - Solution for Programming Assignment#1

• Oct 23rd, 2002     - Reading Assignment #3: Chapter 4

• Nov 9th, 2002     - Problems (Chapter 4 - 6th edition) 4.2, 4.5, 4.7, (Chapter 5 - 6th edition) 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, and 5.8

                                      - Due date Wednesday November 20, 2002

                                      - Solution for Assignment#2

• Nov 18th, 2002    - Programming Assignment#2   - Due date Dec 21st, 2002

• Dec 16, 2002    - Assignment #3 -  Problems (Chapter 5 - 6th edition) 5-15, 5-19, 5-20, 5-24

                           - Due date Dec 28th, 2002

                           - Solution for Assignment#3

• Jan 4, 2003    -Programming Assignment #3   - Due date Jan 18th, 2003

Quizes and Major Exams:

• Sept 25th Quiz01
• Oct 9th Quiz02
• Oct 23rd Quiz03
• Major 1 - Solutions
• Nov 6th, 2002 - Quiz04
• Nov 16th, 2002 - Quiz05
• Dec 18th, 2002 - Quiz06
• Dec 31st, 2002 - Major 2 - Solutions
• Jan 13th, 2003 - Quiz07

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Announcements:

• Week of Sept 21st, 2002 - Quiz #1

Matlab Tutorial Material:

Basic information:

• University of Utah site - Matlab
• Indiana University - Getting Started with Matlab

More detailed material at:

• University of Florida - Matlab Summary and Tutorial
• Michigan Technological University - A practical Introduction to Matlab

The MathWorks website - The makers of Matlab

Links and Sites of Interest:

These will be in response to some key inquiries and interesting remarks made during the lectures. It would be advantageous to explore these sites and getting yourself familiar with these topics:

• A good introduction into  the DSL technology
• Introducing digital packet switching and other derived technologies
• IP addresses:  IP101 (IP Addresses and Classes) - Static versus Dynamic Addresses
• Slides explaining  TV Technology
• The  NTSC video signal composition and timing

Page still under construction - Last updated on 01/28/2003 .