IE 418
TELECOMMUNICATION CONCEPTS

Course Description

Telecommunication concepts for industrial applications. OSI reference model, local area networks, wide area networks, internet architecture.

Topics

• Protocols and architecture
• Data transmission
• Transmission media
• Signal encoding techniques
• Data communications interface
• Data link control
• LAN technology

Learning Outcomes

The student, upon completion of this course, will be able to:

• Demonstrate the knowledge of relevant concepts related to the OSI and TCP/IP data communication protocols.
• Demonstrate an understanding of data transmission terminology and the knowledge of concepts such as frequency spectrum and bandwidth.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of different transmission media.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the difference between analog and digital data transmission and the transmission impairments that may affect these schemes.
• Demonstrate an understanding of basic data encoding schemes.
• Demonstrate the knowledge of concepts related to flow control, error detection, and error control.
• Demonstrate the knowledge of concepts related to LAN technology and systems.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate and document technical information in a professional, structured, timely, and effective manner.