BLG 433E - Computer Communications

Course Objectives

1. To provide a unified view of data and computer communications.
2. To discuss principles and practice of computer networking
3. To teach software principles involved in computer networks.
4. To ensure that students have the necessary networking skills to design,
implement, and analyze communication networks.

Course Description

Introduction to International Standards Organization Open SystemInterconnection (ISO-OSI)
reference model, design issues and protocols in the data link layer and network layer,
architectures and control algorithms of point-to-point networks and local-area networks,
standards in network access protocols and models of network interconnection. Implementation of
network routing techniques by simulation.