Data Communications: Signals and Systems

Data Communications: Signals and Systems

Overview/Description
To provide a firm foundation in the physics of data communications and in the history of data communications development

Target Audience
Network managers, builders of wide area networks, and newcomers to data communications

Prerequisites
As this is a foundation course, students are not required to have taken any other course; however, some technical background is assumed

Expected Duration
5 Hours

Objectives:

Data Communications: Signals and Systems

To introduce and briefly describe the various types of equipment required in order to make data communications possible

To describe the various types of bounded and unbounded transmission media that are used in data communications

To introduce the basic concepts of signal theory

To introduce the concepts and techniques of modulation and multiplexing

To introduce the types, formats and modes of data transmission

Course Number: WDATASS