Course Description

• Introduction to data communication.
• Frequency response, bandwidth, filtering and noise.
• Fourier series and Fourier transform.
• Information theory concepts: Nyquist’s theorem, Shannon’s and Sampling theorems.
• Analog and digital modulation techniques.
• Pulse Code Modulation (PCM).
• Communication systems circuits and devices.
• Data encoding.
• Physical layer protocols.
• Data link control (point to point communication, design issues, link management, error control, flow control).
• Multiplexing and switching.

Prerequisites

• Computer Science 102
• Computer Engineering 210

Classes

3 lecture hours
3 semester hours