COMP – 223 DATA COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING

COMP – 223   DATA COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING

  

COURSE CONTENTS:

1.                   PRINCIPLES OF DATA COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING

1.1.        DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND DATA COMMUNICATION.

1.2.        DATA RANSMISSION.

1.2.1.       ANALOG TRANSMISSION.

1.2.2.       DIGITAL TRANSMISSION.

1.2.3.       SIGNAL IMPPAIRMENT.

1.3          TRANSMISSION MEDIA.

1.3.1.       TYPES OF CABLES AND CONNECTORS.

1.3.2.       TELEPHONY AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION.

1.4.           DATA ENCODING.

1.5.           ASYCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS TRANSMISSION.

2.                  DATA LINK CONTROL

2.1              FLOW CONTROL: SLIDING WINDOW FLOW CONTROL.

2.2              ERROR DETECTION.

3.                   MULTIPLEXING

3.1.           FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING.

3.2.           TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING.

4.                    WIDE ARE NETWORK  ( WAN )

4.1.           SWITCHING CONCEPTS.

4.2.           CIRCUIT-SWITCHING NETWORKS.

4.3.           ROUTING IN CIRCUIT-SWITCHED NETWORKS.

4.4.           PACKET SWITCHING AND FRAME RELAY.

4.5.           ASYCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE (AT).

4.6.           ISDN.

5.                    LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN)

5.1.           LAN  ARCHITECTURE.

5.2.           TOPOLOGIES.

5.3.           LAN  SYSTEM.

5.4.           ETHERNET AND FAST ETHERNET (CSMA/CD).

5.5.           TOKEN RING AND FDDI.

6.                   CONECTIVITY DEVICES

6.1.           MODEMS.

6.2.           HUBS AND REPEATERS.

6.3.           BRIDGES, ROUTERS AND GATEWAYS.

7.                    INTERNETWORKING

7.1.           PRINCIPLES OF INTERNETWORKING

7.2.           PROTOCOLS.

7.3.           OSI  MODEL.

7.4.           TCP/IP  SUIT.

7.5.           INTERNET PROTOCOL(IP).

7.6.           ROUTING PROTOCOL.

7.7.           TRANSPORT PROTOCOLS AND TRANSPORT SERVICES.

7.8.           TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL (TCP).

8.                   NETWORK ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

8.1.           TYPES OF SERVERS.

8.2.           MANAGING ACCOUNTS.

8.3.           PERFORMANCE MONITORING.

8.4.           DATA PROTECTION AND SECURITY.

9.                   NETWORK TROUBLE SHOOTING

9.1.           STRUCTURED CABLING.

9.2.           NETWORK TESTING TOOLS.

9.3.           FAULT DIAGNOSIS: TROUBLE SHOOTING CONNECTIVITY AND COMMUNICATION.

BOOKS

1.              NETWORKING ESSENTIALS, JOE CASED AND DAN NEWLAND.

2.              COMPUTER NETWORKS,2ED., ANDREW.S.TANENBAUM.

3.              DAT AND COMMUNICATION 4ED.   WILLIAM STALLINGS.

4.              AN INTRODUCTION TO LAN AREA NETWORKS,  GREG NUNEMACHER.

5.              NETWORKING ESSENTIALS, 2ED,       MICROSOFT PRESS.

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