Introduction to Data Communications (ITS 323)

Data Communications and Networks

Lecture Notes
PDF | Video
Readings
Stallings: chapter 1 | Forouzan: chapter 1 | Kurose: chapter 1
Handouts
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Protocol Architectures and Internet Applications

Lecture Notes
PDF | Video: part 1, part 2, part 3
Readings
Stallings: chapter 2 | Forouzan: chapter 2 | Kurose: chapter 1
Handouts
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Data Transmission

Lecture Notes
PDF | Video: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4
Readings
Stallings: chapter 3 | Forouzan: chapter 3 | Kurose: none
Handouts
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Transmission Media

Lecture Notes
PDF | Video: part 1, part 2
Readings
Stallings: chapter 4 | Forouzan: chapter 7 | Kurose: none
Handouts
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Signal Encoding Techniques

Lecture Notes
PDF | Video: part 1, part 2
Readings
Stallings: chapter 5 | Forouzan: chapters 4 and 5 | Kurose: none
Handouts

Digital Data Communications

Lecture Notes
PDF | Video: part 1, part 2
Readings
Stallings: chapter 6 | Forouzan: chapter 10 | Kurose: none
Links

Data Link Control Protocols

Lecture Notes
PDF | Video: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4
Readings
Stallings: chapter 7 | Forouzan: chapter 11 | Kurose: none
Handouts
Links

Circuit Switching and Packet Switching

Lecture Notes
Multiplexing | Switching | Video: part 1, part 2
Readings
Stallings: chapter 10 | Forouzan: chapter 8 | Kurose: chapter 1.3, 4.2

Routing in Switched Networks

Lecture Notes
PDF | Video: part 1, part 2
Readings
Stallings: chapter 12 | Forouzan: chapter 22 | Kurose: chapter 4
Handouts
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Local Area Networks

Lecture Notes
PDF | Video: part 1, part 2
Readings
Stallings: chapter 15 and 16 | Forouzan: chapter 13 and 12 | Kurose: chapter 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5
Links

Internetwork Protocols

Lecture Notes
PDF | Video: part 1, part 2, part 3
Readings
Stallings: chapter 18 | Forouzan: chapter 19, 20 and 22 | Kurose: chapter 4
Handouts
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Transport Protocols

Lecture Notes
PDF | Video: part 1 | part 2
Readings
Stallings: chapter 20 | Forouzan: chapter 23 | Kurose: chapter 3
Handouts
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Internet Applications

Lecture Notes
PDF | Video: part 1
Readings
Stallings: chapter 22, 23 and 24 | Forouzan: chapter 25, 26 and 27 | Kurose: chapter 2
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