Course Information

Instructor: Asst.Prof.Dr.Sasiporn Usanavasin
Course Evaluation:
- Attendance and Review Exercises: 10%
- Assignments (individual & group): 25% (2 Presentations)
- Midterm Exam: 30%
- Final Exam: 35%
Important: DO NOT CHEAT - CHEATING = F

Textbooks

Primary: Data and Computer Communications by William Stallings (Pearson, July 14, 2021)
Secondary: Data Communications and Networking with TCP/IP Protocol Suite (6th Edition) by Behrouz A. Forouzan (August 2, 2022)

Week 1 (7-Aug-25): Introduction to Data Communications, Data Networking, and the Internet Protocol Architectures
Week 2 (14-Aug-25): Data Transmission and Transmission Media
Week 3 (21-Aug-25): Signal Encoding Technique
Week 4 (28-Aug-25): Error Detection and Correction Techniques
Week 5 (4-Sep-25): Review Exercises
Week 6 (11-Sep-25): Group Presentation #1
Week 7 (18-Sep-25): NO Class (Reading Week for Midterm Exam)
Week 8 (23-Sep-25): Midterm Exam (9:00-11:00)
Week 9 (2-Oct-25): Error Detection and Correction Techniques Part II
Week 10 (9-Oct-25): Data Link Control, Multiplexing Techniques
Week 11 (16-Oct-25): WAN Technologies and Protocols, ATM
Week 12 (23-Oct-25): Holiday
Week 13 (30-Oct-25): IP Address and Subnet, Routing Algorithms
Week 14 (6-Nov-25): No Class
Week 15 (10-Nov-25): Email, Network Topology, Review Exercises (Online makeup)
Week 16 (13-Nov-25): Group Presentation #2

Semi-Opened Book
- 1 sheet of A4 (front and back)
- Hand-writing only
- No calculator and any devices
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