"O my Lord! advance me in knowledge."
From a translation of the Holy Qura'n, Chapter Ta'ha, phrase 114
Hello..
This is a first course in Data Communication and networking. It is intended to advocate E-learning. It covers the following:
TYPES OF NETWORKS
ADVANTAGES OF COMUTER NETWORKS
DISADVANTAGES OF COMPUTER NETWORKS
CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTER NETWORKS
Local Area Networks
Metropolitan Area Networks
Wide Area Network
Integrated Service digital Networks
Wireless Networks
OSI / ISO AND NETWORK MODEL
The ISO OSI Reference Model
The ISO OSI Reference Model Layers
Data Transmission and Computer Networks
The Physical Layer
Relationship between different phases:
Periodic Signal
Basic Binary Signals
2- Limited Bandwidth
3- Delay Distortion
4- Noise
Transmission Media
2. Unguided Media:
Data Transmission and Computer Networks
Data Encoding
Encoding Techniques:
2. Digital Data,
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM).
Data Transmission and Computer Networks
Data Link Layer
The Data Link Layer Tasks:
The Data Link Layer Tasks:
Transmission Techniques
Communication Modes
Transmission Modes
Positions
Framing
2. Synchronous Transmission
Data Transmission and Computer
Local Area Networks
Wired LAN Topology
Wired LAN Transmission Media:
Wired LAN Twisted Pair Transmission Media:
Wired LAN Fiber Transmission Media:
Coaxial Transmission Media:
Wired LAN Devices
Wired LAN Devices
Network Interface Card (NIC):
LAN ARCHITECTURE
MAC PROTOCOLS & NETWORK
STANDARDS
MAC PROTOCOLS
Dynamic Medium Access Control (MAC):
Ethernet Frame Format and Operational Parameters:
4. Polling MAC Protocal :
SPREAD SPECTRUM (SS) TECHNIQES
PAN , LAN and MAN Standards
Data Transmission and Computer
The Switching Networks
2. Packet Switching
Advantages of the datagram approach:
This course is a part of a project supported by the research center of the College of Computer and Information Sciences(CCIS). This project is a part of ongoing projects in the research center of CCIS to:
- develop a simple yet powerful course management system to support E-learning,
- develop the paper-contents of various courses in computing, including Object-oriented programming, software Engineering, project mamgement, networking, information security, E-commerce, and database systems,
- make the course management system operational using the developed courses,
- furtehr the operation of the system with newly developed courses in computing.
I was blessed to be a participant in these projects as a co-investigator in the first project and as the principle investigator of the second. The output of the second project are the paper-contents of eight popular computing courses. The contents have been made available in power point and word format to be uploaded and managed by the locally developed management system.
A number of faculty members from CCIS participated in writing the courses. Among them are:
Prof. Mona Morsi
Prof. Ghazy Assassa
Dr. Sami Alwakil
Dr. Mehmet Aksoy
Dr. Amuer Touir
Dr. Sofian Gannouni
Dr. Saleh Hamami
I hope interested parties in E-learning find this endeavor useful.
You are also invited to learn of other courses of this project. Visit the links on left below this heading "A Course Development Project for E-learning" and the link on left "E-Learning Activities"