• Section M: Mondays and Wednesdays, 17:30 - 19:00, PSE 321

• Instructor: Foroohar Foroozan, Office Hours: TR 14:00 - 15:00, CSB 2052

   E-mail:         foroozan@cse.yorku.ca          

• TA: Gao Wei, Office hours: TBA

The course is an introduction to communications and networking. Topics covered include:

• Message, Circuit, Packet Switching LANs, WANs

• Applications and Layered Architectures

• Digital vs. Analog Communications

• Characterization of Communication Channels

• Channel Capacity, Nyquist and Shannon Theorems

• Line Coding (RZ, NRZ, Bipolar, Manchester)

• Digital Modulation (ASK, PSK, FSK)

• Properties of Media and Digital Transmission Systems

• Error Detection and Correction

• Flow and Error Control

• Medium Access Control (Aloha, CSMA, Scheduling)

• LAN Protocols (Ethernet, Token Ring)

• Connecting LANs

• Network Layer and IP Protocol