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Course Outlines

Summer 2025 - CMPT 371 D100

Data Communications and Networking (3)

Class Number: 3799

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Mon, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
    Surrey

    May 12 – Aug 8, 2025: Wed, 10:30–11:20 a.m.
    Surrey

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Aug 18, 2025
    Mon, 7:00–9:30 p.m.
    Surrey

  • Prerequisites:

    CMPT 225 and (MATH 151 or MATH 150), with a minimum grade of C-. MATH 154 or MATH 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 our everyday connected life. This course is an introduction to the basic concepts, principles, and technologies for understanding communication networks. The course will cover the preliminaries of networks and the Internet, and will provide students the foundation to further study networks. 

Topics

  • Introduction to Networks: basic principles, architecture, and reference models
  • Data Link Layer: media access, LANs, Ethernet, WiFi, switching
  • Network Layer: IP, Routing (OSPF, BGP), NAT, ICMP, DNS
  • Transport Layer: connection, congestion, flow control, error control, TCP, UDP, socket programming, port numbers as interface with the application layer

Materials

REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the term are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.