COSC 3213: Communication Networks
Section E
Fall 2008
Instructor:   Marvin Mandelbaum

URL: http://www.cs.yorku.ca/course/3213/
Department of Computer Science, York University

Course Outline:
This course is an introduction to the theory of data transmission in particular the computer networks. After reviewing the basic concepts about digital signaling and communications, we cover the network architecture proceeding from the physical layer to the application layer. An introduction to the seven-layered OSI model and the commonly used five-layered TCP/IP model is provided. The course also explores the technologies, topologies, and medium access protocols used in local area networks (LAN) and how a wide area network (WAN) comprising of distant LANS using different topologies, is formed.

Text:
Alberto Leon-Garcia and Indra Widjaja, Communication Networks: Fundamentals Concepts and Key Architectures, McGraw Hill, Second Edition, ISBN: 007246352X, 2004.

Reference Books:
1. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, Prentice Hall, Fourth Edition. ISBN: 0130661023.
2. James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross, James Kurose, and Keith Ross, <>Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Addison-Wesley Publishing, Second Edition. ISBN: 0201976994.
3. Behrouz A. Forouzan, Data Communications and Networking, McGraw Hill, Third Edition.  ISBN: 0072525848.
4. William Stallings, Data and Computer Communications, <>Prentice Hall, Seventh Edition. ISBN: 0131006819.
5. Douglas Comer, Computer Networks and Internets with Internet Applications, Prentice Hall; Third Edition. ISBN: 0130914495.

Prerequisites:
The General prerequisites, MATH1310 3.0
Course Credit Exclusion COSC3211 3.0

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