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EET 465: Digital Data Communications

Credits and Contact Hrs. (Lecture/Laboratory): 3 credits and 3 contact hours per week. 

Course Description: Study of the techniques for transmission of messages between digital electronic devices separated by short and long distances. Various data formats used along with hardware, codes, and I/O devices.  

Prerequisites/Co-Requisites: EET 357 or equivalent / None 

Textbook: Freer, John. Computer Communications and Networks, Plenum Publishing, 1988.  

Coordinator: Joseph M. Farren, Professor. 

Goals/Objectives: To present a study of digital data communications techniques for the transmission of messages between digital electronic devices separated by short and large distances. Particular attention is given to connecting these devices into networks. 

Course topics and lecture hours devoted to each: 

  • Communicating and switching principles. (1.25 hrs.)
  • Taxonomy and elements of networks. (2.5 hrs.)
  • Traffic environment and global protocols. (2.5 hrs.)
  • Taxonomy of protocol functions. (1.25 hrs.)
  • Protocol functions. (3.5 hrs.)
  • Data link synchronization functions. (2 hrs.)
  • Asynchronous protocols. (4.5 hrs.)
  • Synchronous protocols. (3.5 hrs.)
  • Evolution of data link protocols. (2.5 hrs.)
  • Multiple access protocols. (2.5 hrs.)
  • Microwave network systems (2 hrs.)
  • Satellite network systems. (2 hrs.)
  • Performance comparisons. (2 hrs.)
  • Tests. (3 hrs.) 
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    Computer Usage: None 

    Laboratory projects: None 

    Oral and written communication requirements: None 

    Calculus usage: None 

    Library usage: None