COE-241 Data and Computer Communications

Semester 152 (Spring 2016)

• Help session # 1 - Thursday Feb 11th 11:00-12:20 Lab 22-335

• Help session # 1 - Thursday Feb 4th 11:00-12:00 Lab 22-335

• Major I exam will be on Sunday Feb 25th 11:00-13:00 - Rm: 22-130

• Major II exam will be on Tuesday April 12th 11:00-13:00 - Rm: TBD

• Office hours: UT 10:00-10:50 and 12:30-13:30 . 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: Sun Feb 25th - 11:00-13:00 Rm 22-130.
• Major 2: Tues April 12th - 11:00-13:00 Rm TBD.
• Final exam: 8:00 AM  May 12, 2016  (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: Protocol Architecture 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.

Quizzes and Major Exams:

• Quiz01: Jan 26th, 2016 - Solution key.
• Programming Assignment #1: Jan 30th - Due Sunday Feb 14th.
• Assignment #1: Feb 1st - Due Sunday Feb 14th - Solution key.
• Quiz02: - Tues Feb 9th, 2016 - Solution key distributed by email.
• Assigment #2: Wed Feb 17th, 2016 - Due Tuesday Feb 23rd, 2016 in class.
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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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