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Course Rationale:

To make effective communication between the gadgets it is critical to play out every single essential apparatus and their fundamental design precisely. Therefore, to comprehend the system structure, segments and other applicable devices and procedure is an absolute necessity. This course will give a prologue to the field data communications, Layered design of LAN, MAN and WAN, fundamentals of signalling, basic transmission concepts, error detection and correction etc.

Course Objectives:

To provide a solid conceptual understanding of the fundamentals of data communications. More specifically,

• To learn the basic concepts of data communications.
• To learn the layered architecture of communication protocols.
• To learn digital signal transmission and encoding techniques.
• To learn multiplexing techniques.
• To learn the concepts and techniques in error detection and correction.
• To learn LAN architectures and systems.
• To learn the fundamental issues driving network design

Course Outcomes (CO's):

CO1       Interpret the components, tools and techniques of communication systems

CO2       Illustrate the TCP/IP and OSI Reference model and identify their differences in implementation within and across enterprises.

CO3       Explain how information can be sent via communication interfaces and links.

CO4       Determine the various modulation and error detection and correction techniques and their application in communication systems.

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