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CSE3020 Network Technology
Semester 1, 2006

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Lecturer: Peter Granville  peter.granville@infotech.monash.edu.au, Tel: 9903 2448

                                       Room H6.42, H Building, Caulfield Campus

Handbook Entry CSE3020:   Faculty of Information Technology Undergraduate Handbook 2005

CSE3020 course syllabus 

Subject Outline:

This subject mainly deals with basic data communication theories with the main emphasis on design issues and technologies of the two lower layers (physical layer and data link layer) of the communication stack. Topics covered include:

• Data transmission.
• Modulation and coding techniques.
• Transmission media.
• Multiplexing and switching.
• Data link control techniques.
• LAN technologies and MAC techniques.
• Local area networks (Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, etc.,).
• Frame Relay, ISDN and ATM networks.
• Residential area networks (ADSL, cable TV).
• Wireless LAN technologies and MAC techniques.
• Mobile communications (1G to 3G).

Prerequisites:

COT2004 or COT2001 or CSE2318 or CSE3318.

Prohibitions:

CFR3012, CFR3213, COT3020, RDT3662.

Lecture:

Thursday 6 to 8pm  Link Theatre (Check timetables)

Assessment:

Examination (2 hours - closed book) - 50%

Assignment 1 - 25%
Assignment 2 - 25%

Required Text:

William Stallings, "Data and Computer Communications (6th edition)", Prentice-Hall, 2000.

Recommended Reading:

1. William Stallings's website: http://williamstallings.com/DCC6e.html (6th Edition).
2. William Stallings's website: http://williamstallings.com/DCC/DCC7e.html (7th Edition).
3. Fred Halsall, "Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems, Fourth Edition.", Addison-Wesley, 1995.
4. Behrouz A. Forouzan, "Data Communication and Networking, Second Edition", McGraw-Hill, 2001. (http://www.mhhe.com/forouzan/).

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