Computer science 4
M Reid
4 points * 4 hours per week * Second semester * Caulfield/Peninsula
Data communications: concepts and terminology; analog and digital data transmission, transmission media; data encoding. Asynchronous and synchronous transmission; error detection techniques. Data link control; data flow control; error control. Multiplexing. Data communication networking: communication networking techniques; circuit, message and packet switching; the PSTN; virtual circuits and datagrams; routing, traffic control, error control. Local networks, local network technology; the star, bus and ring topology; access control protocols; ethernet, Token Ring and FDDI networks. Computer communications architecture: protocols and architecture; the layered approach, the OSI model; network access protocols. Bridges and routers; internetworking.
Assessment
Practical work/Tests: 100%
Prescribed texts
Houseley T Data communications and teleprocessing systems Prentice-Hall, 1987
Stallings W Data and computer communications Macmillan, 1988