Villanova Department of Computing Sciences

CSC 8550

Concepts of Data Communications

3 Credits Format: lecture Level: graduate

Description: Analog and digital transmission; media; communication channels; digital IDN carriers: T1, T3, SONET. Asynchronous and synchronous transmission; link protocols; multiplexing; switching: circuit and packet; voice and data PBXs; X.25, frame relay, ATM, ISDN; local area networks; OSI model; routing and transport; management.

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Objectives: No objective data is available.

Coordinator: Dr. Mirela Damian-Iordache

Prerequisites: CSC 8400

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