DATA COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKS

Course Structure: Lectures: 2, Labs: 1 Credit Hours: 3

1 Analogue and digital Transmission

2 Noise

3 Media

4 Encoding

5 Asynchronous and Synchronous transmission

6 Protocol design issues

7 Network system architectures (OSI, TCP/IP)

8 Error Control

9 Flow Control

10 Data Link Protocols (HDLC, PPP)

11 Local Area Networks and MAC Layer protocols (Ethernet, Token ring)

12 Multiplexing

13 Switched and IP Networks

14 Inter-networking

15 Routing

16 Bridging

17 Transport layer protocols TCP/IP

18 UDP

19 Network security issues

20 Programming exercises
labs or projects involving implementation of protocols at different
21
layers