ECEn 626 Syllabus

Course Overview

This course uses the five-layer Internet model as the framework for students to learn about data communications (lower layers) and networking (higher layers).  We will focus on the topics that an engineer who will design and build network-connected devices should know. We will study wireless networking and standards and their applications.

Upon completion of this course students should be able to describe the operation of a typical telecommunication/wireless network intended for the transport of digital data in a multiplexed mode of transmission. In addition, they should be able to identify the various modes of network switching and routing. Students should be able to analyze network performance and design network links.

Textbook

Data Communications and Networking, 4E Behrouz Forouzan McGraw Hill ISBN-13 978-0-07-296-775-3 ISBN-10 0-07-296775-7

 

Grading

 

            10%     Discussion/Participation

            30%     4 Assignments (7.5% each)

            30%     2 Exams (15% each)

            30%     Project, Report, and Presentations

 

            A:   >= 95.0                 A- : >= 90.0               

            B+: >= 85.0                 B:   >= 80.0                 B- :  >= 75.0

            C+: >= 70.0                 C:   >= 65.0                 C-:   >= 60.0

 

Equal Opportunity Statements

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Student With Disabilities

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