Tennessee State University
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Technology & COMPUTER
SCIENCE
COURSE SYLLABUS
COMP3310
Data Communications and Computer Networks
COURSE
OBJECTIVES
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introduce student=
s to
1. Computer Communications and
Networking Fundamentals.
2. The TCP/IP and OSI (Open System
Interconnection) reference models for communication and networking.
3. Data transmission and signals,
including Guided and Wireless Transmission.
4. Transmission Media.
5. Types of Communication Networks.
PREREQUISITES: COMP
2400 (CS 240) (Computer Organization) =
COMPETENCY
LEVEL
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At
the end of semester, students who pass the course successfully will know:
1.
Fundamental concepts of data transmission and communication networks=
.
2.
TCP/IP and OSI (Open System Interconnection) reference models for
communication networks.
3.
Different types of signals, including analog and digital signals.
4.
The transmission media.
5.
Data link control and error detection and correction techniques.
G. DETAILED
COURSE OUTLINE
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Topics discussed=
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Introduction Data communications, Networks The Internet, Protocols and Standards |
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Ch. 2 Layered Tasks, Internet Model |
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The OSI Model Ch. 3, Signals, Analog and Digital, Analog Signals Digital Signals, Analog vs. Digital, Data Rate Limits |
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Transmission Impairment, More about signals |
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Ch. 4 Digital Transmission, Line Coding, Block Coding<= o:p> Sampling, Transmission Mode |
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Ch. 5 Analog transmission, Modulation of Digital Data =
Telephone Modems. Modulation of Analog Signals, |
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Ch 6. Multiplexing, FDM, WDM, TDM, |
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Practice Sets of Chapter 1 Review for the test=
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Ch 7.Transmission Media, |
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Ch. 7 cont. Ch. 8 Circuit Switching and Telephone Network |
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Ch. 9 High-Speed Digital Access, |
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Ch. 10
Error Detection and Correction |
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Ch. 10 Ctd. Special Topics in Data Communicatio=
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