University of St. Thomas
St. Paul, MN 55105
SYLLABUS Spring 2001
CSIS625
| Course Title: | Network Communications | ||
| Credit Value: | 3 | ||
| Instructor: | Dan Oelke | ||
| Email: | Dan@oelke.com -or- droelke@stthomas.edu | ||
| Plain text preferred. HTML format ok. | |||
| RTF tolerated. "Word" documents deleted. | |||
| Phone: | 763-241-8604 - home | ||
| 763-268-3382 - daytime | |||
| Office hours: | After class or by appointment | ||
| Course Objectives: | Basic understanding of communications technology. Understand the communication industry's vernacular. Understanding of OSI reference model. More detailed knowledge of different physical and transport layer technologies. | ||
| Required Text: | Data Communications and Networking - 2nd Edition | ||
| By: Behrouz Forouzan - McGraw-Hill | |||
| Grading Policy: | 2 take-home quizzes (aka homework) before midterm- 10% each | ||
| Midterm - 25% | |||
| 2 take-home quizzes after midterm - 15% each | |||
| Final - 25% | |||
| Optional 5th homework as a grade booster if your grade is B- or lower (at discretion of the instructor.) | |||
| A | 100-90% | ||
| B | 89-80% | ||
| C | 79-70% | ||
| F | 70- | ||
| Attendance Policy: | Attendance will be taken. | ||
| Knowledge Base: | Lecture notes & handouts. | ||
| Voice and Data Communications Handbook | |||
| by Regis "Bud" Bates & Donald Gregory - McGraw-Hill | |||
| Newton's Telecom Dictionary by Harry Newton | |||
| Computer Networks by Andrew S. Tanenbaum | |||
Course Outline:
| Week 1 | 1/30 | Introduction to Communications & Plain Old Telephony Service |
| Lecture notes & Chapter 1 | ||
| Week 2 | 2/6 | Introduction to Data Networks & Basic Concepts |
| Chapters 1-3 | ||
| Week 3 | 2/13 | Encoding and Transmission of Digital Data |
| Chapters 4-5 | ||
| Week 4 | 2/20 | Transmission Media, Multiplexing and Error Detection and Correction |
| Chapters 6-7 | ||
| Week 5 | 2/27 | Multiplexing Error Correction, T1, Lecture notes |
| Chapters 8-9 | ||
| Week 6 | 3/6 | Data Link Protocols, Media Access Sublevel. |
| Chapters 10-11 | ||
| Week 7 | 3/13 | Midterm |
| 3/20 | Spring Break | |
| Week 8 | 3/27 | Local Area Networks, Switching |
| Chapters 12 & 14 | ||
| Week 9 | 4/3 | Local Area Networks |
| Chapter 12 | ||
| Week 10 | 4/10 | Switching, ISDN & X.25 |
| Chapters 14-16 | ||
| Week 11 | 4/17 | Frame Relay, ATM & Sonet/SDH |
| Chapters 17-19 | ||
| Week 12 | 4/24 | Networking and Internetworking Devices, Transport Layer |
| Chapters 20-21 | ||
| Week 13 | 5/1 | Presentation Layer (selective), TCP/IP |
| Chapters 22-23 | ||
| Week 14 | 5/8 | Final |
Course outline subject to change
Work Submission Guidelines
All Homework must be typed. Diagrams must be drawn using computer tool, or straight-edge and compass. Freehand drawings are not acceptable.
Electronic submissions are ok. Printed submissions are better for feedback. I will email back a grade for Electronic submissions with minimal comments. Printed submissions will get more written comments.
All homework is due one week after it is assigned. Homework will be accepted for one week after it is due, for reduced credit. After one week late grade for that homework is considered a zero.
Cooperation on homework is ok. Copying of homework is not ok. Do not
copy answers word for word from another person. Do not copy word for word
from the book. Answers that are found violate this policy will be marked
as incorrect.
Miscellaneous Administrative Notes
Set phasers to stun - All cell phones, pagers, etc turned off or set
to vibrate. No calls during tests.
Everyone should bring pencil, and ruler for diagrams to midterm and
final.
Enable your St. Thomas email. If I need to get in touch with you, I'll
use that address.
CSIS625 Course Description
This course is not about Internet
This course is not about the Web
This course is not about programming
This course is only some about TCP/IP
This course is about vocabulary.
This course is about concepts.
This course is about the technologies that make up our world's communications networks.
Main areas covered