Introduction to Data Communications (ITS 323)
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- Stallings: chapter 1 | Forouzan: chapter 1 | Kurose: chapter 1
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- Introduction to ITS 323 (PDF)
- Example of traffic on LANs and WANs (PDF)
- List of acronyms that are introduced during the course (PDF). This is mainly useful for your reference during class (or without
access to a computer). There are
many more complete lists of acronyms and definitions on the Internet - see my Study Guide.
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- Stallings: chapter 2 | Forouzan: chapter 2 | Kurose: chapter 1
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- Example of Greeting protocol and routing (PDF)
- Example calculations of delay, overhead and throughput (PDF)
- Protocol stack diagram (PDF) illustrated the main concepts, mechanisms, technologies and protocols we cover in the course.
Although it does not cover everything in the course, it will be useful as a reminder when you are studying for the exams.
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- Delay Applet from Kurose that demonstrates transmission and propagation delays
- See my Study Guide for
links to standards organisations - you should be aware of their
abbreviations and what they do, because you will come across them
in this and other courses many times.
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- Stallings: chapter 3 | Forouzan: chapter 3 | Kurose: none
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- Stallings: chapter 4 | Forouzan: chapter 7 | Kurose: none
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- Thai Frequency Allocation Table - links to a 200 page PDF containing the allocation of spectrum to services in Thailand. On the same web site there is supposed to be a summary frequency allocation chart (similar to US below) but it doesn't work for me. If someone knows of a summary chart for Thailand, then please contact me.
- US Frequency Allocation Chart - a detailed diagram showing the allocation of spectrum to different services (radio, TV, maritime, etc.) in the United States.
- Decibel Calculator from Texas Instruments
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- Stallings: chapter 5 | Forouzan: chapters 4 and 5 | Kurose: none
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- Stallings: chapter 6 | Forouzan: chapter 10 | Kurose: none
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- Stallings: chapter 7 | Forouzan: chapter 11 | Kurose: none
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- Packets, Frames and Messages - lecture notes summarizing the terminology for packets, and explaining the structure of packets: headers and header fields
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- Stallings: chapter 8 | Forouzan: chapter 6 | Kurose: chapter none
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- Extra slides giving examples of multiplexing: FDM and ADSL
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- Stallings: chapter 10 | Forouzan: chapter 8 | Kurose: chapter 1.3, 4.2
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- Stallings: chapter 12 | Forouzan: chapter 22 | Kurose: chapter 4
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- Routing Practice Questions
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- To see the routing table on your Windows XP computer, open a command shell (e.g. "Start" then "Run.." and type "cmd") and then type the command route print. This will show you your routing table.
- IETF Routing Area - list of Working Groups points to routing protocols used in the Internet such as IS-IS, OSPF and IDR.
- Routing Basics from the Cisco Internetworking Technology Handbook (there are also sections on OSPF and other routing protocols)
- Routing and Remote Access - documentation for Microsoft Windows routing protocols and routing table manager
Dijkstra's Algorithm entry under Wikipedia has a good list of applets demonstrating the algorithm
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- Stallings: chapter 15 and 16 | Forouzan: chapter 13 and 12 | Kurose: chapter 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5
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- Stallings: chapter 18 | Forouzan: chapter 19, 20 and 22 | Kurose: chapter 4
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- Stallings: chapter 20 | Forouzan: chapter 23 | Kurose: chapter 3
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- Practice Questins on TCP Flow Control
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- Stallings: chapter 22, 23 and 24 | Forouzan: chapter 25, 26 and 27 | Kurose: chapter 2
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