This unit provides an advanced and insightful look into the design, analysis and performance evaluation of telecommunication networks. Key topics covered in the course include: benefits of high speed networks such as effectiveness, cost and customer control; functions and characteristics of several services and technologies such as Personal Communication Services, Frame Relay, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), SONET/SDH and Switched Multimegabit Data Services; Protocol modeling and verification techniques; ATM LANs, multimedia communication; Analysis of protocols for data link, network and transport layers; Network design; Operating system views of communication.

• CSC 430 + Lab : Data Communication and Computer Networks

• Understanding of the architecture and underlying protocols along with scalability, complexity and robustness issues of telecommunication networks and systems.
• Preparedness for further study in access mechanisms, design and analysis of network protocols, routing algorithms and performance evaluation methodologies.

1. Data and Computer Communications by William Stallings
2. Computer Networks by Andrew S. Tanenbaum
3. Data Communication and Networking by Behrouz A. Forouzan