Computer communications
A N M Clarke
3 points * 26 lectures, 13 tutorials * First semester * Clayton * Corequisites: ECS3371 (Computer systems engineering III)
Digital communications systems: asynchronous and synchronous, character and bit-oriented protocols; Telecom services; modems; multiplexers; circuit switched networks; ISDN-frame formats; CCIT recommendations; open systems interconnection layered network reference model; line signalling - V.24, V.11, pulse code modulation, line codes, G.703; modulation techniques; errors - types, detection, correction, Hamming distance, parity, CRC; telecommunications services; packet switched networks - X.25; radio networks; local area networks - Ethernet and ring; security; encryption.
Assessment
Written: 30% * Examinations (2 hours): 70%
Prescribed texts
Halsall F Data communications, computer networks and OSI 3rd edn, Addison-Wesley, 1992