EE3311 Networking II

Course Aims and Objectives: 

The aim of this course is to explore the architectural principles and the mechanisms required for the exchange of information in telecommunications networks. It also introduces the internal mechanisms and technologies that have been developed to support voice, data, and multimedia communications in modern integrated services networks. The primary objective of this course is to provide both a high-level theory and detailed analysis of protocols, operation, standards, technology, and services for voice and data networks. The course also focuses on the practical application of the technology, rather than a dry review of the standards or a parochial view of the technology from the protocol level.

Units:  3

Level:  B3

Medium of Instruction: English

Syllabus:

Data Link Layer 

Data Link Design Issues

Error Detection and Correction

ARQ Protocols

Window Flow Control

HDLC Data Link Control, Point-to-Point Protocol

Telephone Network A/D Sampling, m law, A law, PCM

Frequency-division multiplexing, time-division multiplexing

Circuit switches: space-division switches, time-division-switches

Routing, fixed and dynamic routing

Signalling System #7 architecture

ISDN and Broadband ISDN 

ISDN channels, user access, ISDN protocols

BISDN, Asynchronous Transfer Mode, ATM cells, ATM adaptation layer

Frame Relay 

Frame-mode protocol architecture

Congestion control: BECN, FECN

Teaching Methods: 

Teaching will be in the form of lectures with complementary tutorials.  Tutorials will be informal, and may include a number of different support methods.  For example:

  • problem solving;
  • general discussions;
  • student presentations;
  • resolving students’ difficulties.
Teaching PatternDuration of course:   1 semesterOffered in:               Semester ASuggested lecture/tutorial/laboratory mix: 

Total Hours:             Lectures         26 hours

                               Tutorials         13 hours

                               Laboratory      18 hours

Assessment Pattern: 

Examination duration:    2 hours, at the end of the semester

Percentage of coursework, examination, etc.:   30% CW;     70% Exam 

For a student to pass the course, at least 30% of the maximum mark for the examination must be obtained, and a laboratory attendance of at least 75% recorded. 

Coursework should be based on several different exercises distributed over the period of the semester; examples include homework assignments, short test, mini projects and presentations.

Pre-requisites: EE2310

Pre-cursor: Nil

Equivalent Courses: EE4010 [only applicable to BEngIE students who have failed the required course EE3311 or those who have taken EE3010 as the make-up course for EE2310]

Equivalent Old Course Code and Title: EE33311 Networking II

Booklist: 

Essential Reading 

Leon-Garcia and Widjaja: Communication Networks, 2nd Edition, (McGraw-Hill, 2003) 

Supplementary Reading 

William Stallings: Data & Computer Communications, 7th Edition, (Prentice Hall, 2003) 

William Stallings:  High Speed Networks and Internets, 2nd Edition, (Prentice Hall, 2001)

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