Note: The following provides a suggested course description,
objectives, and an outline. These may be modified pending discussion with
the Faculty Chairs, proposing faculty, and other curriculum
reviewers.
Course Description: Intensive study of the
network architecture and its protocols. Topics include: OSI and TCP/IP
network architectures, analog and digital transmission, error correction
and detection, data link protocols, multiplexing and switching, ADSL,
HDSL, RADSL, SDSL, VDSL, cable networks, optical transmissions, Ethernet,
fast Ethernet, Gbps Ethernet, wireless LANs, token bus, token ring, FDDI,
DQDB, SMDS, ISDN and Broadband ISDN, X.25, Frame Relay, PPP, SONET/SDH,
ATM, and various routing protocols.
