COE-241 Data and Computer Communications

Semester 131 (Fall 2013)

• Major exam I - Sunday Oct 27th, 2013 - class time 11:00 - 12:30.

• Assignment # 2 and Quiz03 - due Tuesday Oct 22nd (class time) - first class after vacation

• Assignment # 1 - due Tuesday Oct 8th (before vacation)

• Office hours: UT 9:00-10:45. Times other than those listed are available by appointment – call at x1724 or email me at ashraf@kfupm.edu.sa.

Course Syllabus:

Click here for course syllabus.

Exam Dates:

Exam dates are:

• Major 1: Sunday Oct 27th, 2013 - 11:00-12:30 Rm 24-125.
• Major 2: Dec 3rd, 2013, 11:00-1:00 Rm 3-114.
• Final exam: Wed Jan 1st, 2013 at 7:00 PM (scheduled by registrar).

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.

Below are a set of electronic class notes that are based on the textbook.

Chapter 1: Data Communications and Networking Overview

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

Chapter 3: Fourier Analysis - These slides contain also introductory material on Fourier Transform and Z-Transform.

                In addition you can refer to the following handout:  Fourier Series Expansion and Filtering

               Data, Signals and Transmission ; solved examples/problems on Chapter 3 material;

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

                 Animation for PCM (the animations were provided by Forouzan)

Chapter 6:  Digital Data Communication Techniques: Asynchronous/synchronous Transmission, Error Detection, and Error Coding (optional)

Chapter 7: Data Link Control (Flow/Error Control Schemes and HDLC) - ARQ design problems.

                Animations for: stop-and-wait protocol, sliding-window protocol, CRC calculation, and HDLC (the animations were provided by Forouzan)

Chapter 8: Multiplexing (FDM and TDM)

                Animations for: FDM, TDM, and Statistical TDM  (the animations were provided by Forouzan)

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/

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_0
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)

Assignments:

• Reading Assignment 1 - Reach chapters 1 and 2.
• Programming Assignment 1 - Mon Sept 9th, 2013 - Due Sept 29th, 2013.
• Assignment 1 -Sept 17th, 2013 - Due Oct 8th, 2013 - Solution key.
• Assignment 2 - Sept 24th, 2013 - Due Oct 22nd, 2013 - Solution key.
• Term paper Assignment : 
• Assignment 3 - .
• Programming Assignment 2 - .

Quizzes and Major Exams:

• Quiz01: Sept 10th, 2013 - Solution key.
• Quiz02: Sept 29th, 2013 - Solution key.
• Quiz03: Oct 2nd, 2013 - Due Oct 22nd, 2013 - Solution key.
• Major 1:
• Quiz04: .
• Quiz05: 
• Quiz06: .

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Announcements:

Matlab Tutorial Material:

Mathworks, Inc - Getting Started Video (Matlab 7.11.0 R2010b)

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

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