CS 3413 Data Communications

Summer 2006

syllabus

Class Web Page http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~korkmaz/teaching/cs3413
Time and Location

MW 2:00 pm-3:50 pm   (Jun 05, 2006 - Aug 12, 2006)
Location : HSS 3.02.30

Instructor Dr. Turgay Korkmaz
Office: SB 3.02.01B
Email: korkmaz@cs.utsa.edu
Phone: (210) 458-7346
Fax: (210) 458-4437
Instructor's

Office Hours

MW 12:00-2:00pm 

(or by appointment)
Important Announcements
  •  Class on July 3 (Mon) will be cancelled. We will have a makeup class on July 10, 2006 (location HSS 3.02.40).
  • Midterm exam will be on July 5, 2006 (Wed)
TA/Grader

TBA

Prerequisite Computer organization, Programming experience in C or Java, and
working knowledge of Unix operating system.
Textbook

Required:        

Data and Computer Communications by William Stallings (7th Edition)

      See http://www.williamstallings.com/DCC/DCC7e.html

 

Optional:

Data Communications and Networking, 3/e or 4/e
Behrouz A Forouzan, see http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072515848/student_view0/
Objectives To learn the fundamental concepts, principles, and terminology of data communications. 
Course Topics Core material that we will cover from the text book:
  1. Data Communications and Networking Overview. 
  2. Protocol Architecture. 
  3. Data Transmission.
  4. Guided and Wireless Transmission.
  5. Signal Encoding Techniques.
  6. Digital Data Communication Techniques.
  7. Data Link Control.
  8. Multiplexing.
  9. Spread Spectrum.
  10. Circuit Switching and Packet Switching.

Additional material (e.g., Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17) will be presented as time permits.

 

Grading
  • Midterm:            20%     EXAM DATE: July 5, 2006 (Wed)  
  • Quizzes:             10%     (the lowest quiz grade will be dropped)
  • Assignments:       40%    (including programming and problem solving)
  • Final                   30%     EXAM DATE:  11:00 am – 01:30 pm, Thursday, August 10, 2006             review Q&A(.doc file)

Make-up examinations will be given if you have an officially acceptable excuse.

Assignments NO LATE HW WILL BE ACCEPTED
Class Notes !! You need Microsoft PowerPoint to read/print slides. !!
Thanks to the author of our text book for providing the slides
Assigned readings  
Other online materials