DATA COMMUNICATION

(AY 2019-2020) CG2

CS 221 (3-0-0-6)

Teacher –in – charge: Subhasish Dhal

Office: CSE-201
Email: subhasis.rahul@gmail.com,
subhasis@iiitg.ac.in
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• Speak
• through Eye
• through the movement of other parts of your
body
• Writing through alphabets, symbols, picture, etc.
• If the two parties are far apart?
▫ Use mike
▫ Write letter and send through post office, courier
▫ Can we not use any system (telecommunication)
which can make our life easy and efficient??
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What is Data Communication?

• Communication
▫ Sharing information by an agreed upon format
 local or remote
• Data Communication
▫ Exchange of data between two devices via some form
of transmission medium (Ex. Wire, air, etc.)
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Fundamental Characteristics
• Communication System consists of hardware and
software
• Effectiveness of the communication system depends
on
▫ Delivery
▫ Accuracy
▫ Timeliness
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A Simple Communication Model

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Data Communication Model

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Communication Tasks
• Message Formatting
• Interfacing
• Signal Generation
• Addressing
• Routing
• Flow Control
• Error Detection and Correction
• Recovery
• Security
• Transmission System Utilization
• Network Management, etc.
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Syllabus
• Basics of Data Communication
• Transmission Medium: Guided (Twisted Pair, Coaxial,
Fiber Optic) and Unguided Media, Balanced and Unbalanced
Signaling
• Transmission Impairments
• Signal Encoding and Decoding: Modulation and
Demodulation Techniques, ADPCM,
• Error Detection and Correction Techniques
• Multiplexing
• Principles of Switching
• Spread Spectrum
• Fundamental of Modems: xDSL
• Wireless Communication: Introduction to Cellular
Communication, Generations of Cellular Communication:
1G, 2G, 3G, 4G LTE, Current Trends
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Course outcome
• CO1: Understand the properties of various kinds of Signals and
can analyze a given signal to find various components.
• CO2: Understand the Communication Mediums and their
properties to determine the suitability of these mediums
in various conditions.
• CO3: Understand various environmental effects in
communication systems and learn how to handle the errors
due to these effects.
• CO4: Learn various techniques to convert data into appropriate
signal and vice versa.
• CO5: Understand the techniques to efficiently manage data
from multiple sources.
• CO6: Learn about wireless communication and their
generations including state of the art.
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Text and Reference books

• Texts:
▫ W. Stallings, Data and Computer Communications, 10th Ed.,
Pearson India, 2017.
▫ B. Forouzan, Data Communications and Networking, 4th Ed.,
Tata Mcgraw Hill, 2006.
• References:
▫ A. S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, 4th Ed., Pearson India, 2003.
▫ J. Quinn, Digital Data Communications, 1st Ed., Prentice Hall Career and
Technology, 1995.
▫ P. C. Gupta, Data Communications and Computer Networks, 2nd Ed.,
Prentice Hall of India, 2009.
▫ 4.F. Halsall, Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems,
4th Ed., Addison Wesley, 1996.
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Class schedule
• Tuesday: 03:00 PM to 03:55 PM (LG2)
• Wednesday: 10:00 AM to 10:55 AM (C2)
• Thursday: 03:00 PM to 03:55 PM (LG2)
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Grading
• 30%: Mid-semester Examination
• 50%: End-semester Examination
• 20% : Class Tests, Assignments and others