DATA COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER NETWORKS

HAWASSA UNIVERSITY

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Department: Informatics Module Title: Network and System Administration Course Tile: Data Communications and Computer Networks Instructor Name:

Module Code: 07 Module Credit: 16 Course Code: CoSc 3072 Course Credit: 6

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1. Course Description: This course provides a basic understanding of computer networks and networking protocols from a variety of perspectives. It covers a wide breadth of material, including data communication concepts, network media and topologies, layered network architecture, different protocols as well as wireless network technologies. 2. Course Goals or Learning Outcome: At the end of the course, students will be able to: Summarize and describe the data communications and telecommunications models, topologies, protocols, standards and architectures in use today. Analyze and compare the characteristics of various communication protocols and how they support application requirements. Deploy a basic Ethernet LAN and perform basic troubleshooting operations on LANs and connected devices and solve basic problems.

Describe the necessary hardware (switches and routers) and components (routing algorithms and protocols) used to establish communication between multiple networks. Analyze the effect of various topologies, applications and devices on network performance topics such as latency, jitter, response time, window size, connection loss and quality of service. Understand and explain different application layer protocols and understand socket programming

3. Prerequisites: Prerequisite courses: Electricity and Electronic devices ; Introduction to CS; Fundamentals of Programming I & II Anybody who has taken at least two CCNA courses can also take the course. 4. Required Texts: Reference #1: Berhane W., Data Communications and Computer Networks, December 2009 - Copies are available in the library Reference #2: Kurose and Rose, Computer Networking, Addison Wesley, 3rd edition - The second edition of the book is found in the library Reference #3: Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, Prentice Hall, latest edition - An electronic version of the 4th edition of the book is available with the instructor Reference #4: Behrouz A. Forouzan, Data Communications and networking, McGraw-Hill, latest edition - An electronic version of the 4th edition of the book is available with the instructor Reference #5: William Stallings, Data and Computer Communications, PrenticeHall, latest edition - An electronic version of the 5th edition of the book is available with the instructor Reference #6: P.C. Gupta. Data Communications. New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited. 2001. Reference #7: http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/ staff/g.knight/LectureNotes/01ChannelCapacity.ppt.

5. Expectations:

Students are expected to apply their knowledge in the design of small networks and troubleshooting/solving problems at any of the network layers. They are expected to appear in all lab sessions and actively engage in the lab activities. They are also expected to do all the assignments and project works as required. Moreover, they have to be pass in the final exam and be active participants in the tutorial sessions. 6. Summary of Teaching Learning Methods: Lectures Each chapter will be preceded by lectures to give the students a touch of the contents. Tutorials Tutorial classes on some difficult topics will be offered wherein students will have the opportunity to ask questions and answer questions posed by the instructor and/or other students. Lab Works Students will have lab practices on most of the topics covered. Projects Students will be required to work on a design/implementation of a small network for an organization in or around Awassa. 7. Summary of Assessment Methods: Assessment methods include: - Lab works students performing the lab works successfully in the allocated time will earn full marks; those who have done the work but not in the specified time and those who have attempted but not successfully will earn proportional marks; those who do not attempt or do not appear in the lab session will earn zero marks. - Four Quizzes to be distributed evenly through the semester. - Two project works project work assessment will be similar to that of lab work assessment. - Final exam - Two assignments to be distributed evenly through the semester. 8. Assignments: - Problems/questions will be given to students to solve/answer (that accounts for 5% of the final grade) - Students will make some research on the internet on some topics of interest (that accounts for 5% of the final grade). For example, students will be required to do research on some RFCs and report to class. 9. Student Workload:

Student workload will be as follows:

Activity Lecture Tutorials and discussion Labs Independent work Preparation of Projects Assignments Exams, including quizzes Total ECTS 10. Policies:

Hours 32 32 33 32 8 8 5 150 6

Grading scale will be as follows (this is my suggestion):

Letter Grade A+ A AB+ B C+ C D+ D F Range of Marks [95,100] [90,95) [85,90) [83,85) [78,83) [73,78) [65,73) [55,65) [50,55) [0,50)

11. Schedule: Date

Week 1-2

TOPIC
Concepts of Data Communications

SUBTOPIC
Components of Data Communication Analog and Digital Signals

READ
Ref.1: pg. 1-2; Ref. 4: pg. 4-5; Ref. 5: pg. 2-6 Ref. 1: pg. 2-4; Ref.4: pg. 58-65;

Time and Frequency Domain, Data Rate and Bandwidth Data Transmission Transmission Impairments Channel Capacity Data Representation Types of Data Flow and Transmission Signal Encoding

Week 3-4

Introduction to Networking

Introduction Physical Topology Network Categories The Internet Transmission media

Protocols and Standards Week 5 End-to-End Switching and Layered Models Network Switching

Network Models Week 6-9 The Application Layer Principles of Network Application Domain Name System

Web and HTTP

Ref. 7 Ref.1: pg. 4-7; Ref.4: pg. 65-80; Ref.5: pg. 35-45 Ref.1: pg. 7-8; Ref.5: pg. 45-55 Ref.1: pg. 8-9; Ref.4: pg. 80-85; Ref. 5: pg. 55-60 Ref.1: pg. 9; Ref. 4: pg. 85-90; Ref.5: pg. 60-64 Ref.1: pg.10; Ref. 4: pg. 4-5 Ref.1: pg. 11-13; Re. 6: pg. 5-10; Ref. 4: pg. 131-135 Ref.1: pg. 13-22; Ref. 5: pg. 96-132; Ref.4: pg. 101-120, pg. 129-131 Ref.1: pg. 23; Ref. 4: pg. 7-8 Ref.1: pg. 23-26 ; Ref. 4: pg. 8-13; Ref.5: pg. 368-371 Ref.1: pg. 26-27; Ref.4: pg. 13-16 Ref.1: pg. 27-28; Ref. 2: pg. 28-34; Ref. 4: pg. 16-19 Ref.1: pg. 28-36; Ref. 4: pg. 191-208; Ref. 5: pg.408-412; Ref. 3: sec. 2.2, 2.3 & 2.4 Ref.1: pg. 36-38; Ref. 4: pg. 19-21 Ref.1: pg. 40-50; Ref. 2: pg. 40-50, 63-70; Ref. 3: sec. 2.5 Ref.1: pg. 50-54; Ref. 2: pg. 70-76; Ref. 3: pg. 27-50 Ref.1: pg. 56-58; Ref. 2: pg. 100-106 Ref.1: pg. 58-64; Ref. 2: pg. 149-161; Ref. 4: pg. 797-812; Ref. 3: Sec. 7.1 Ref.1: pg. 64-69; Ref. 2: pg. 113-132; Ref. 4: pg. 861-868; Ref. 3: sec. 7.3

File Transfer Protocol The Electronic Mail

Peer-to-Peer Applications Socket Programming Week 911 Transport Layer Introduction Multiplexing/Demultiplexing Connectionless Transport: UDP

Reliable Data Transfer: TCP

Congestion Control Week 1113 Network Layer and Routing Introduction Network Service Model The Internet Protocol IP addressing Internet Control Message Protocol IPv6 Routing Routing in the Internet Introduction Error Detection and Correction Data Link Control Multiple Access Protocols Point-to-Point Data-Link Control MAC Address and ARP Wired LAN and the Internet Interconnection Devices Introduction Wireless Link Characteristics Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN 802.15 Personal Area Network 802.16 WiMax

Week 1415

The Link Layer and Local Area Networks

Week 16

Wireless Networks

Ref.1: pg. 69-71; Ref. 2: pg. 132-135; Ref. 4: pg. 840-844 Ref.1: pg. 71-76; Ref. 2: pg. 135-149; Ref. 3: sec. 7.2; Ref. $: pg. 824-840 Ref.1: pg. 77-79; Ref. 2: pg. 162-171 Ref.1: pg. 79-84; Ref. 2: pg. 172-190 Ref.1: pg. 85-86; Ref. 2: pg. 210-214 Ref.1: pg. 86-87; Ref. 2: pg. 215-221; Ref. 4: pg. 707 Ref.1: pg. 88-88; Ref. 2: pg. 222-227; Ref. 3: sec. 6.4; Ref. 4: pg. 709-715 Ref.1: pg. 88-96;Ref. 2: pg. 227-280; Ref. 3: sec. 6.5; Ref. 4: pg. 715-735 Ref.1: pg. 96-99; Ref. 2: pg. 280-300; Ref. 4: pg. 765-774 Ref.1: pg. 101 Ref.1: pg. 101-102 Ref.1: pg. 102-103 Ref.1: pg. 103-109 Ref.1: pg. 110-111 Ref.1: pg. 111-114 Ref.1: pg. 114-119 Ref.1: pg. 119-122 Ref.1: pg. 124 Ref.1: pg. 124-126 Ref.1: pg. 126-130 Ref.1: pg. 131-136 Ref.1: pg. 136-137 Ref.1: pg. 137-138 Ref.1: pg. 138-141 Ref.1: pg. 141-146 Ref.1: pg. 147-148 Ref.1: pg. 148-149 Ref.1: pg. 149-150 Ref.1: pg. 150-155 Ref.1: pg. 156 Ref.1: pg. 156-157

12. Assessment Arrangements:

Assessment method Two assignments Two project works Four tests Final Exam Lab works TOTAL

Total Marks (%) 10 20 20 40 10 100