Data Communications and Networking

Catalog description

This course extends the concepts of digital and analog signals to data communication and networking applications. Conceptual topics include network topology, the principles of signaling on physical links, transmission media, data formatting, analog-to-digital (A-to-D) conversion, multiplexing, modulation using digital data, error control, flow control, local area networks, and Ethernet protocols. The laboratory includes experiments on A-to-D conversion, data communication signaling and error control.