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Course Name: Data Communication and Networking I

Course Code: DCIS1203


Course Level: SEMESTER TWO YEAR ONE
Credit Units: 3
Contact Hours: 45
(a). Course Description
This is an introductory course to the concepts of Data communications and computer Networks. It
provides the student with basic knowledge of computer networks and their applications in day to day
industries.

(b). Course Objectives:


The course is designed to:
1. Introduce the fundamental concepts and theory of Data communications.
2. Provide a solid understanding of the technology that supports modern networked computer
systems.
3. Introduce low-level network programming.

(c). Learning Outcome


By the end of this course students should be able to:
1. Describe the issues in connecting heterogeneous networks.
2. Explain importance of layering, and the OSI reference model in Networks.
3. Appreciate demands of different applications on quality of service requirements for the
underlying communication network.
4. Describe a LAN-based computer system, and explain the purpose and function of its various
components.
5. Design and implement a simple LAN, Peer-to-Peer computer network.

(d). Detailed Course Description


1. Introduction to Data Communication (2 Hrs.)
 Definition of a Communications Network
 Concept of a node and links to form networks
2. Types of Network (5 Hrs.)
 LANs, WANs and ISPs
 Point-to-point Connections
 Circuit-switched Networks
 Message-switched Networks
 Packet-switched Networks
3. Types of Equipment (4 Hrs.)
 End Systems (ES)
 Intermediate Systems (IS)
4. Types of Communication (6 Hrs.)
 Client and Server Communication
 Broadcast, Unicast and Multicast modes
 Simplex, Duplex and Half-Duplex Information Flow
5. Open System Interconnection (6 Hrs.)
 The Seven Layers of the OSI Reference Model
 Communications between layers
 Service Primitives and Communication between Adjacent Layers
 Encapsulation of PDUs
 Segmentation & reassembly by protocol layers
6. Physical Layer (6 Hrs.)
 Transmission Media
 Synchronous Transmission
 Bit Timing
 Shift Register
 Principles of Clock Encoding
 Manchester Encoding
7. Data Link Layer (6 Hrs.)
 Role of the data link layer
 Medium Access Control Layer
 Access to the Shared Medium (Cable)
 Collision Detection
8. Cabling (6 Hrs.)
 10B5 Thick Ethernet
 10B2 Thin Ethernet (low cost co-axial cable)
 10BT Unshielded Twisted Pair
 10BF Fibre Optic Links
 Higher Speed Communication at 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps
 11 Mbps Wireless Ethernet
9. LAN Interconnection (4 Hrs.)
 Repeaters and Bridges
 Switches
 Routers

(e). Mode of Delivery and Assessment

Mode of Delivery Mode of Assessment


 Straight Lectures Course work Assignments 40%
 Class/ Group Discussions Final Examination 60%
 Practice Lab Total 100%
(f). Reading Lists
 Kurose and Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 5 th Edition, Addison-Wesley,
2010, ISBN 0136079679
 Peterson and Davie, Computer Networks: A Systems Approach, 3 rd Edition, Morgan Kaufman,
2003, ISBN 1558608338
 Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, 4th Edition, Prentice 2002, ISBN 0130384887

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