ISE 101 - Intrduction to Information Systems and Engineering

Course Description

Understanding the Telecommunications Revolution; Changes in telecommunications, incorporating Human Senses in Telecommunications, The new public network. Telecommunications Technology Fundamentals; transmission lines, types of network connections, The electromagnetic spectrum and bandwidth, analog and digital transmission, multiplexing, standards organizations. Transmission Media: Characteristics and Applications, twisted pair, coaxial cable, microwave, satellite, fiber optics. Establishing Communications Channels; networking modes and switching modes, The PSTN Versus the Internet; PSTN characteristics, INternet Characteristics, Converging Networks: The Next generation. Internet Basics, The Organization of the Internet, Service providers, Internet Interconnection and exchange.