Telecommunications Essentials. (3-0) 3 Credit Hours

Catalog description

Includes an in-depth look at basic telecommunications terminology and concepts. Introduction to voice and data networks, signaling and multiplexing. Network topologies and protocol fundamentals and architectures are presented and compared. Ethernet, IEEE 802.11x, TCP/IP, dedicated circuit, and VPN technologies are introduced. Network security fundamentals are explored. Credit for this course cannot be counted toward the Master of Science degree in Information Technology with Cyber Security Concentration. (Same as IS 3413. Credit for this course cannot be counted if the student took IS 3413 in the UTSA BBA Cyber Security program.) This course has Differential Tuition.