Week 1: System architectures and models
History of telephone and network
Week 2: Data and signals continued
Week 3: Analog transmission (modulation techniques)
Week 4: Multiplexing and spreading continued
Week 5 Compression
Error detection and correction
Week 6: Midterm Exam
Continuation of error detection and correction
Week 7: Data link control
Week 8: Wired LANs
Connecting LANs, backbones, virtual LANs
Week 9: Intro to MANs and WANs
Intro to Circuit Switching and Packet Switching
Frame relay, ATM, MPLS, and VPN
Week 10: Voice and data delivery networks (T-1, ISDN) ; SONET
Week 11: Final exam