Data communications
BS
Mr Mahbub Hassan
6 points * First semester * 4 hours per week * Gippsland/Distance * Prerequisites: GCO2812
Introduction to layered approach to communications system; properties of various transmission media; calculation of channel capacity; modulation techniques and modems; multiplexers/concentrators, public services - circuit and packet switching facilities; error detection and correction methods; local area networks; internetworking. Access to the university's computer systems via modem is compulsory for distance students, in order to maintain effective communication with staff and other students, and also for the submission of assignments and the provision of supplementary study material.
Prescribed texts
Stullings W Data communications 4th edn, Macmillan, 1994