Data Communication

Personnel

Lectures: Ricardo Ferré

Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems,

Fred Halsall, 4th. Ed., Addison-Wesley 1995

Several stencils

References to chapters and exercises point to the textbook

Program

                        Chapter    Exercises 

Fundamentals, Data Communication

Introduction till data Communication, 1.1-1.3

ISO Reference model,Open systems, 1.4,1.5

Electrical interface chapter 2 exercises 2.1, 2.10a

Data transfer, synnchronous and asynchronous 3.1-3.3 ex. 3.1, 3.2, 3.9, 3.10

Methods for error discovery and correction 3.4-3.8

Protocols 4.1-4.3

Networks

Local Area Networks, LAN ch. 6.1-6.3 ex. 6.1-6.2, 6.4

High speed and and bridged networks 7.1 - 7.5

Wide Area Networks, WAN ch. 8.1 - 8.2 ex.

internet 9.1 - 9.3 ex.

Broadband multiservice networks, ATM networks 10.1 -10.4

Repetition, old exams

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