Module Identifier | CHM5010 | |||||||||||
Module Title | INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATIONS AND TELEMATICS | |||||||||||
Academic Year | 2003/2004 | |||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Dr Edel M Sherratt | |||||||||||
Semester | Semester 1 | |||||||||||
Other staff | Mr David E Price, Mr Frank Bott | |||||||||||
Pre-Requisite | CH11020 , Available only to students taking the Diploma/MSc in Computer Science scheme in Aberystwyth. | |||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 22 Lectures | ||||||||||
Practical | Up to 4 x 2hr | |||||||||||
Assessment |
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Further details | http://www.aber.ac.uk/compsci/ModuleInfo/CHM5010 |
2. History of Communications - 2 Lectures
A brief history of the development of both the technology and regulation of communication systems. Common Carriers; UK carriers: British Telecom and the new market entrants.
3. Basics of Data Communication - 4 Lectures
Analogue and digital data transmission; Synchronous and Asynchronous transmission; Parallel and Serial transmission; Modems and the PSTN, concentrators, multiplexors; Co-ax, twisted pair, fibre optic media; Speed, distance, error rates of various transmission media.
4. Local Area Networks - 4 Lectures
Bus, Ring, Star topologies; Cost of attaching devices to networks; Media access and sharing strategies.
5. Wide Area Network technologies and services - 4 Lectures
The UK academic network and it's development, regulation and operation.
6. Standards - 3 Lectures
The needs for standards and the area they cover; Standards setting process; Standards setting bodies; BSI, ISO, ANSI, IEEE, CCITT, IAB; IETF; De facto standards, ISO OSI Model.
7. The Internet - 4 Lectures
Brief history of the Internet, it's applications and their evolution. Internet standards, control and regulation. Protocols used on the Internet such as: IP, ICMP, TCP, UDP, FTP, Telnet, etc..
This module is at CQFW Level 7