Data Communications: Networks and Standards

Course Status:	Released
Course Language:	English
Course Duration:	4 Hours
Deployment Options:	Online, Interactive CDs, Network, Downloads, Intranet

Audience

Network managers, builders of wide area networks, and newcomers to data communications

Prerequisites

As this is a foundation course, students are not required to have taken any other course; however, some technical background is assumed

Course Aim

To provide a firm foundation in the physics of data communications and in the history of data communications development

Learning Objectives

Describe the evolution of telecommunications networks. Identify LAN and WAN components. Appreciate the importance of standards bodies

Topics Covered

Telecommunications networks - The PSTN - PSTN services - Dial-up data links - Dedicated links - On- and off-line computing Computer network history - HOST/terminal computing - Distributed processing - Network evolution - Client/server computing Principles of networking - LAN topologies - Access methods - WAN topologies - WAN switching methods Open standards - Introduction to standards - Standards bodies - The OSI model