Spring 2019 - CMPT 371 D100
Data Communications and Networking (3)
Class Number: 6521
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 3 – Apr 8, 2019: Mon, Wed, Fri, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 13, 2019
Sat, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Qianping Gu
qgu@sfu.ca
1 778 782-6705
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Prerequisites:
CMPT 225, (CMPT 150, ENSC 150 or CMPT 295) and MATH 151 (MATH 150). MATH 154 or 157 with a grade of at least B+ may be substituted for MATH 151 (MATH 150).
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Data communication fundamentals (data types, rates, and transmission media). Network architectures for local and wide areas. Communications protocols suitable for various architectures. ISO protocols and internetworking. Performance analysis under various loadings and channel error rates.
COURSE DETAILS:
Communication networks play a central role in ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and our routine life. This course is an introduction to the basic concepts, principles and technologies for communication networks. The course will cover the preliminaries of the Internet and wireless networks, and give students the foundation to analyze the performance and further study advanced topics of communication networks.
Topics
- Introduction, overview, network types, protocols
- Internet
- * Basic principles and architecture, TCP/IP and OSI protocol models
- * Network applications and protocols, Web and HTTP, E-mail and protocols, etc.
- * Transport layer service and protocols, TCP, UDP
- * Internet layer service, Internet Protocol (IP), protocols for computing routing tables
- * Network access (data link) layer service, multiple access protocols, Ethernet
- Basics in data transmission and encoding
- Wireless and mobile networks
- * Introduction, wireless links and network types, mobile networks
- * Basic technologies for wireless communications
- * IEEE 802.11 (WiFi) wireless LAN
- * Cellular wireless networks, basic concepts and principles, network standards
- * Technologies to address mobility
Grading
NOTES:
Assignments 20%; midterms 30%; final 50% (tentative).
Students must attain an overall passing grade on the weighted average of exams in the course in order to obtain a clear pass (C- or better).
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
Data & Computer Communications, (10th edition)
William Stallings
Prentice Hall
2014
9780133506488
REQUIRED READING:
Computer Networking : A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition)
James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross
Addison Wesley
2017
ISBN: 9780133594140
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