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Syllabus
Class Hours Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. (SOM 2.802)
Text Book Business Data Communications & Networking, 8th Edn (ISBN: 0-471-34807-4)
by Fitzgerald and Dennis (John Wiley & Sons)
Outline This course will introduce the basic concepts underlying voice and data communications,
local area networks, wide area networks, and the Internet. It is intended to make you
aware of various data communications technologies, and to enable you to make informed
decisions regarding them.
Handouts Check WebCT often. You are expected to have all handouts with you when you come
to class. You are responsible for this material irrespective of attendance.
Examination Date
01 Sep 14, 2006
02 Oct 19, 2006
03 Nov 21, 2006
If you miss either of the first two examinations, the weight of the missed
examination will be added on to the weight of the third examination. That
is, the weight on the third examination will be 50% for students missing one
of the first two examinations while it will be 70% for students missing both
of the first two examinations. Make-up examinations will not be available.
Quizzes Eighteen 15 minute, closed-book, closed-notes quizzes will be assigned over the
course of the semester. Only a pen or pencil is allowed during quizzes. I will
select the best 12 scores of each student; each selected quiz will be worth 2.5% of
the final grade. The tentative quiz schedule is:
Quiz Date Quiz Date Quiz Date Quiz Date Quiz Date
01 08/24 05 09/07 09 10/03 13 10/26 17 11/09
02 08/29 06 09/21 10 10/05 14 10/31 18 11/14
03 08/31 07 09/26 11 10/10 15 11/02
04 09/05 08 09/28 12 10/12 16 11/07
Grades Grades will be assigned according to the table below. I may adjust the final cut-offs appropri-
ately based on the degree of difficulty of the graded material.
Introduction 1 1 08/17/06
Introduction; Application Layer 1, 2 2 08/22/06
08/24/06 q01
Applcation and Physical Layers 2, 3 3 08/31/06 q02
09/01/06 q03
Physical Layer 3 4 09/06/06 q04
09/07/06 q05
5 09/12/06 review
09/14/06 exam 01
Data Link Layer 4 6 09/19/06
09/21/06 q06
Network and Transport Layers 5 7 09/26/06 q07
09/28/06 q08
Network and Transport Layers; LANS 5, 6 8 10/03/06 q09
10/06/06 q10
LANS; Wireless LANS; Cellular Networks 6, 7, extra 9 10/10/06 q11
10/12/06 q12
10 10/17/06 review
10/19/06 exam 02
Cellular Networks;Backbone Networks extra, 8 11 10/24/06
10/26/06 q13
MANS, WANS, Internet (time permitting) 9, 10 12 10/31/06 q14
11/02/06 q15
Network Security 11 13 11/07/06 q16
11/09/06 q17
Network Design 12 14 11/14/06 q18
11/16/06 review
15 11/21/06 exam 03