Data Communication & Network
Credit Hours: 3
Course Outline:

Data Communication Concepts
Communication Model, Communication Tasks, Types of Signal and Data, Bandwidth and Channel Capacity, Point to Point and Multi Point Link, Simplex, Half Duplex, and full Duplex Transmission, Modulation, Demodulation.

Computer Networking Concepts
(a) LAN, WAN, MAN
(b) Logical & Physical Topology of Network
(c) LAN Topologies (Bus, Tree, Star, Ring)
(d) Network Application and Services
(e) Network Models

Protocols, OSI Reference Model and TCP/IP Protocol Suite
(a) Protocols and Its Components
(b) OSI Reference Model
(c) TCP/IP Suit

Transmission Impairments and Transmission Media
(a) Transmission Impairments (Attenuation, Delay Disaster, Noise)
(b) Guided Media (Twisted Pair, Coaxial Cable, Optic Fiber)
(c) Unguided Media (Wireless Transmission & Satellite)
(d) Practical
Data Communication Interface and Multiplexing
(a) A system and System Transmission
(b) Inter facing of DTE & DCE
(c) Frequency Division Multiplexing
(d) Time Division Multiplexing

Data Link Control
(a) Flow Control (Stop & Wait Flow Control, Sliding Window Flow Control)
(b) Error Control (Error Detection, Parity Technique, CRC Technique, Error Correction (Stop & Wait ARQ))

LAN Technologies and Systems
(a) LAN Architecture
(b) Ethernet and FAST Ethernet LANS (CSMA/CD)
(c) Token Ring Network
(d) FDDI
(e) High Speed Ethernet (Gigabit LANS)

Disaster Recovery and System Configuration
(a) Disaster Recovery (Data Protection Techniques, system Failures protection Techniques)
(b) System Configuration (Installing and Configuring Network Devices (Modern and NIC), Network Configuration and Administration)
(c) Practical

Inter Network Devices and WAN Services
(a) Bridges
(b) Routing
(c) Circuit Switching Network
(d) Packet Switching Network
(e) ISDN Links
(f) ATM and Frame Relay

Recommended Books:
(1) Data and Computer Communication by William Stallings 5th Edition
(2) Computer Networks by Tanenebaum 3rd Edition

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