UTA EE5360 Data Communications Engineering Spring 2017

Instructor: Hua Chai

E-mail: hua.chai@uta.edu
Lecture: Monday 7pm-9:50 pm, NH105
Office Hours: Before and after class (Preferable contact method: email)
Course Webpage: Materials will be posted through course website(TBD)

GTA:
Zikai Wang
Phone: 817-272-3488
E-mail: zikai.wang@mavs.uta.edu
TA Office: NH205

Longwei Wang
Phone: 817-821-4317
E-mail: longwei.wang@mavs.uta.edu
TA Office: NH234
TA Office Hours: Monday 10:00am-14:00pm

Exam Dates: Location TBD

Midterm: Monday, March 20, 2017, 7pm
Project Due: April 24, 2017, 7 pm
Final: Monday, May 8, 2017, 7pm

Grading:
5% Homework; 40% Midterm; 40% Final; 13% Project ; 2% Pop Quiz;
Grading Policies:
Final grades: will be assigned by a combination of student score distribution (histogram) and the
discretion of the instructor.
Homework: should be submitted at the beginning of the class, late HWs will not be accepted.
Make-up Exams: No make-up exams will be given. If you cant make the above exam dates, you
must drop the class.
Academic Integrity Policy: As per university rules and guidelines.

Textbook
Data Communications and Networking, 4th edition, Behrouz A. Forouzan.
Reference Books:
1. Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 5th edition, James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross.
2. Communication networks : Fundamental Concepts and Key Architectures, 2 nd edition, Alberto L.
Garcia and Indra Widjaja.
3. Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 3rd edition, B. P. Lathi.
Course Objective
This course provides the students basic concepts in data communications, networking, protocols and
standards, and networking models. Students will be able to understand the foundations of Data
Communications and Networking. Project will be based on packet analysis using Wireshark.

Course Material:
(1) Lecture 1: Introduction & Overview of Network Models
(2) Lecture 2: Introduction to Physical Layer(Analog and digital signals, transmission
impairments), Analog transmission, digital to analog conversion such as PSK, FSK, QPSK,
QAM and analog to analog conversion such as AM, PM and FM
(3) Lecture 3: Digital transmission: D/D conversion (line coding, block coding and
scrambling) and Analog to Digital conversion(PCM)
(4) Lecture 4 : Multiplexing and switching, BW utilization and transmission media
(5) Lecture 5: Data Link Layer (error detection and correction) cyclic coding, checksum
(6) Lecture 6:Data link control, Multiple access.
(7) Lecture 7:wired LANs and wireless LANs. Review class on midterm
(8) Midterm
(9) Lecture 8:Connecting Lans, vlans, spanning tree protocol
(10) Lecture 9:: Network Layer logical addressing (classfull and classless addressing), ipv6
(11) Lecture 10:internet protocol, address mapping, ICMP, IGMP, delivery, forwarding,
unicast routing: RIP (routing information protocol) and OSPF(open shortest path first)
(12) Lecture 11:Transport Layer (UDP,TCP,SCTP) congestion control and quality of service
(13) Lecture 12:Application Layer (DNS, remote login, FTP), VoLTE,
(14) Lecture 13:Review on final
(15) Final

Academic Dishonesty
It is the philosophy of The University of Texas at Arlington that academic dishonesty is a completely unacceptable
mode of conduct and will not be tolerated in any form. All persons involved in academic dishonesty will be
disciplined in accordance with University regulations and procedures. Discipline may include suspension or
expulsion from the University. Scholastic dishonesty includes but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion,
the submission for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another person,
taking an examination for another person, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to
commit such acts. (Regents Rules and Regulations, Part One, Chapter VI, Section 3, Subsection 3.2, Subdivision
3.22).