CS 633 DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS - SPRING 2005
PROFESSOR
Dr. Constantine Coutras
Office: 163 William Street, 2nd Floor, Office 216
Phone number: (212) 346-1006
e-mail: ccoutras@pace.edu
Office Hours at 163 William Street
(Downtown Campus): Tuesdays 5:00 to 6:00 (no
appointment necessary) and Wednesdays 5:00 to 8:00 (by
appointment).
Office Hours at 551 5th Avenue (Midtown Campus): Thursdays 5:00 to 6:00
(no
appointment necessary)
DESCRIPTION
This course provides a foundation in digital communications as a basis
for modern telecommunications systems and computer networks. Topics
include: layered
architectures, signals and information
transmission, bandwidth and capacity,
transmission media, modulation techniques,
digitizing analog signals, multiplexing, circuit switching, link
layer protocols, cellular telephone and satelitte networks, and virtual
circuit switching
networks.
PREREQUISITES
CS 603 Computer Architecture
REQUIRED TEXT
Data
Communications and Networking (Third Edition), by Behrouz A. Forouzan, published by McGraw Hill
OPTIONAL TEXT
Data
and
Computer Communications (Seventh Edition),
by William Stallings, published by Prentice Hall
ON-LINE RESOURCES
The companion web site for
the required textbook can be reached through:
http://www.mhhe.com/forouzan. It contains student study aids like:
quizzes, flashcards, selected
solutions and animations, and other resources.
GRADING
Homework 10% (Late
homework is not accepted)
Midterm 40%
Final 50% (Cumulative)
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
01/27 Chapter 1
Introduction, Chapter 2
Network Models
02/03 Chapter 3 Signals
02/10
Chapter 4
Digital Transmission
02/17
Chapter 5
Analog Transmission
02/24
Chapter 6
Multiplexing, Section 13.3 Channelization
03/03
Chapter 7
Transmission
Media; Review
for
Midterm Exam
03/10 MIDTERM EXAM
03/17
Chapter 8
Circuit Switching and Telephone Network
03/31
Chapter 9
High Speed Digital Access: DSL, Cable Modems and SONET
04/07 Chapter 10
Error Detection and Correction
04/14 Chapter
11
Data link Control and Protocols
04/21
Chapter
17
Cellular Telephone and Satellite Networks
04/28 Chapter
18 Virtual Circuit Switching: Frame Relay and ATM; Review
for
Final Exam
05/05 FINAL
EXAM