Course Schedule

The course outline is a guideline to topics that will be discussed in the course, and when they will be discussed:

(Required Reading: Garcia 1.1 and 1.2 )

• Mon Jan 4 Introductory Class, Message & Circuit Switching

• Wed Jan 6 Packet Switching, LANs, WANs, the Internet

(Required Reading: Garcia 2.1, 2.2, 2.3)

• Mon Jan 11 Applications and Layered Architectures (1)

• Wed Jan 13 Applications and Layered Architectures (2)

(Required Reading: Garcia 3.1, 3.2, 3.3)

• Mon Jan 18 Time and frequency representations of signals/Analog and Digital Signals Signals (Review)

• Wed Jan 20 Comparison of Analog and Digital Transmission

(Required Reading: Garcia 3.4, 3.5)

• Mon Jan 25 Characterization of Communication Channels

• Wed Jan 27 Fundamental Limits in Digital Transmission (Cont.)

(Required Reading: Garcia 3.6, 3.7)

• Mon Feb 1 Line Coding (RZ, NRZ, Bipolar, Manchester)

• Wed Feb 3 Digital Modulation (ASK, PSK, FSK, QAM)

(Required Reading: Garcia 3.8, 3.9)

• Mon Feb 8 Properties of Media and Digital Transmission Systems

• Wed Feb 10 Error Detection and Correction

(Required Reading: Garcia 3.9)

• Mon Feb 22 Error Detection and Correction (Cont.)

• Wed Feb 24 Cyclic Redundancy Check

(Required Reading: Garcia 5.2)

• Wed March 3 Error and Flow Control

(Required Reading: Garcia 6.1, 6.2)

• Mon March 8 Error and Flow Control (Cont.)

• Wed March 10 Medium Access Control I: Aloha, CSMA, CSMA/CD

(Required Reading: Garcia 6.3, 6.4-6.4.2)

• Mon March 16 Medium Access Control I: Aloha, CSMA, CSMA/CD (Cont.)

• Wed March 18 Medium Access Control II: Scheduling and Channelization

(Required Reading: Garcia 6.6, 6.8)

• Mon March 22 Medium Access Control II: Scheduling and Channelization (Cont.)

• Wed March 24 LANs: Ethernet, Token Ring

(Required Reading: Garcia 6.11)

• Mon March 29 Connecting LANs: Hubs and Bridges

• Wed March 31 Problem Solving

(Required Reading: Garcia 6.10)

• Mon April 5 Wireless LANs (NOT in the final exam)