Data Communication and Networking

Introduction: data and information, data processing system, data communication systems, signals; Introduction to analog and digital Time and frequency domain concepts, Fourier Transform. Introduction to Analogy and digital signals, A/D conversions, fourier series, measure of communication channel, characteristics, Nyquist and Shannon information capacity, transmission media, noise and distortion, modulation and demodulation, multiplexing and demultiplexing, synchronous and asynchronous data transmission; Error detection and control techniques. Bus structures and loop systems, computer network, Examples and design consideration, data switching principles, broadcast techniques, network structure for packet switching, protocol description of network eg ARPANET etc.