This course introduces the basics of communications and networking.
Topics include: transmission media; fundamental limits; protocols and hierarchies; the OSI model; encoding of data as signals; error and flow control; medium access; routing; internetworking; transport services; high-level applications.
Prerequisites: General prerequisites and SC/MATH 1310 3.00. Prior to Fall 2009: Prerequisites: General prerequisites and AK/AS/SC/MATH 1310 3.00. Course credit exclusions: AK/AS/SC/COSC 3211 3.00, AK/AS/SC/COSC 3213 3.00.
A. Leon-Garcia and I. Widjaja, Communication Networks, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill, 2004.