Network Technology

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this Course, students will be able to: Define the basic terminology of computer networks and recognize the individual components of the big picture of computer networks; Distinguish between data and signals, and cite the advantages of digital data and signals over analog data and signals; List the primary function, activities, and application areas of a local area network and distinguish local area networks, metropolitan area networks, and wide area networks from each other; Understand management aspects of computer networks and the ways to conduct management activities over communication network; Understand security and risks aspects of data communications and the ways to conduct secure transactions over communication network; Recognize the systems development life cycle and define each of its phases.

Topics

1. Fundamentals of Data and signals
2. Conducted and Wireless Media
3. Making Connections
4. Making Connections Efficient: Multiplexing and Compression
5. Errors, Error Detection, and Error Control
6. Local Area Networks: The Basics
7. Local Area Networks: Software and Support Systems
8. Introduction to Metropolitan Area Networks and Wide Area Networks
9. The Internet
10. Network Security
11. Network Design and Management