COURSE PLAN

Computer Science and Engineering

Data Communications. & CSE4025

V Semester & Computer Science and Engineering

Dr. Vijaya Arjunan, Dr. G. Deepa

Course Outcomes (COs)

No. of
At the end of this course, the student should be able to: Contact Marks
Hours
CO1: Understand components of data communication,types of transmission 9 24
impairments ,define data rate limits and analyze network performance
CO2: Compare and constrast different digital and analog transmission 8 23
techniques
CO3: Explain about concept of multiplexing,transmission media and switching 6 17
concepts
CO4: Explain about concept of error detection techniques and Data Link 5 13
Control Protocols
CO5: Explain about Medium Access Protocols, wired and wireless LAN 8 23

Total 36 100

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 Assessment Plan
End Semester/
Components Assignments Sessional Tests
Make-up Examination
Duration 20 to 30 minutes 60 minutes 180 minutes
Weightage 20 % (4 X 5 marks) 30 % (2 X 15 Marks) 50 % (1 X 50 Marks)
Knowledge/ Recall; Understanding/
Understanding/ Comprehension;
Typology of Understanding/ Comprehension;
Application; Analysis; Synthesis;
Questions Comprehension; Application; Analysis;
Evaluation
Application Synthesis; Evaluation
Answer one randomly selected MCQ: 10 questions Answer all 5 full
question from the problem sheet (0.5 marks) questions of 10 marks
Pattern (Students can refer their class Short Answers: 5 each. Each question
notes) questions (2 marks) may have 2 to 3 parts
of 3/4/5/6/7 marks
4, 7, 10, and 13th week of
Schedule Calendared activity Calendared activity
academic calendar
Quiz 1 (L 0-9 & T y1-y2 ) (CO1) Test 1 Comprehensive
(L 0-17 & T b1-b2 ) examination covering
Topics Quiz 2 (L 10-17 & T y3-y4 ) (CO2) (CO1,2) full syllabus. Students
Covered Quiz 3 (L 18-28 & T y5-y6 ) (CO3,4) Test 2 are expected to answer
(L 18-28 & T b3-b4 ) all questions (CO1-5)
Quiz 4 (L 29-36 & T y7-y8 ) (CO5)
(CO3,4)

Lesson Plan
Course
L. No./
Topics Outcome
T. No.
Addressed
Introduction to Data Communication: Components, Data Representation, Data Flow, CO1
L0
Network Criteria
L1 Physical Structure of Network, Network Types: LAN, WAN, Switching CO1
L2 INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL LAYER:Analog and Digital Data, Analog and CO1
Digital Signals, Periodic and Non periodic
L3 Periodic analog Signals: Sine wave, Phase, Wavelength, Time and Frequency Domain- CO1
Tutorial
L4 Composite signal, Bandwidth, Digital Signal: Bit Rate, Bit Length, Digital signal as a CO1
composite Analog Signal
L5 Transmission Impairment: Attenuation, Distortion, Noise CO1
L6 Data Rate Limits: Nyquist Bit Rate CO1
L7 Shannon Capacity CO1
L8 Performance: Bandwidth, Throughput, Latency CO1
L9 Bandwidth Delay product, Jitter CO1
L10 DIGITAL TRANSMISSION AND ANALOG TRANSMISSION: Line Coding, Line CO2
Coding Scheme

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L11 Block Coding, Scrambling CO2
L12 PCM, DM CO2
L13 Parallel Transmission, Serial Transmission CO2
L14 Amplitude Shift Keying CO2
L15 Frequency Shift Keying CO2
L16 Phase Shift Keying CO2
L17 QAM, AM, FM, PM CO2
L18 BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION: Multiplexing: Frequency Division Multiplexing, CO3
Wavelength Division Multiplexing
L19 Time Division Multiplexing CO3
L20 TRANSMISSION MEDIA: Introduction, Twisted Pair Cable, Coaxial Cable, Fiber CO3
Optic Cable
L21 Radio Waves, Microwaves, Infrared CO3
L22 SWITCHING: Circuit Switched Networks: Three Phases, Efficiency, Delay, Datagram CO3
Networks
L23 Virtual Circuit Networks, Structure of Circuit Switches, Structure of Packet Switches CO3
L24 ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION: Introduction, Types of Errors, CO4
Redundancy, Detection versus correction, Coding
L25 Cyclic Redundancy Check, Polynomials, Cyclic Code Encoder Using polynomials, CO4
Cyclic code analysis, Advantages of Cyclic Codes
L26 DATA LINK CONTROL: DLC Framing, Flow and Error Control, Connectionless and CO4
Connection Oriented, Data Link Simple Protocol
L27 Stop-and-Wait Protocol, Piggybacking, HDLC, Configurations and Transfer Modes, CO4
Framing
L28 PPP Services, PPP Framing, Transition Phases, Multiplexing CO4
L29 MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL: ALOHA, CSMA, CSMA/CD, CSMA/CA CO5
L30 Controlled Access: Reservation, POLLING, Token passing CO5
L31 FDMA, TDMA, CDMA CO5
L32 WIRED LAN: Standard Ethernet Characteristics, Addressing, Access method, CO5
Efficiency of standard Ethernet, Implementation
L33 Fast Ethernet Access method, Physical Layer, GIGABIT Ethernet MAC sublayer CO5
Physical layer, SONET Architecture, Layers, Frames, STS Multiplexing
L34 SONET Networks, ATM Design goals, Architecture CO5
L35 WIRELESS LAN: Introduction, IEEE 802.11 architecture, MAC sublayer CO5
L36 Addressing mechanism, Physical Layer CO5

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References:
1.
Behrouz A. Fourouzan, “Data Communication and Networking”, Tata McGrawHill, 5th Edition, 2013

2. William Stallings, “Data and Computer Communications”, Prentice-Hall, 10th Edition 2014.

3. A. S. Tanenbaum, “Computer Networks”, 4th Ed, Prentice Hall PTR, 2003

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Submitted by: Dr R Vijaya Arjunan

(Signature of the faculty)

Date: 25-07-2019

Approved by: Dr Ashalatha Nayak

(Signature of HOD)

Date: 25-07-2019

FACULTY MEMBERS TEACHING THE COURSE (IF MULTIPLE SECTIONS EXIST):

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