Information Sheet

IT 300 Modern Teleommunications(3:3:0)

Prerequisites: IT 101.

Fall semester 2003

Time:Thursdays, 4:30 - 7:10 pm

Location: PWC

Instructor: Bijan Jabbari, Professor of Electrical Engineering

Office: S&T-II Room 219

Phone: 703.993.1618

Email: bjabbari@gmu.edu

Web:  http://cnl.gmu.edu/bjabbari

Office hours:           

Tuesdays, 1:15 pm - 3:00 pm, or contact my Administrative Assistant (703.993.4700) for an appointment for other times.         

Goals:This class will introduce the basic topics in telecommunications and computer networks to students in the BS-IT program.

Textbook: A. Dodd, The Essential Guide to Telecommunications, 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2002, Upper Saddle River, NJ.

Topics:

Introduction and Basic Concepts

History of Telecommunications and Internet

Analog and Digital Communications

Voice and Data transmission

Physical Layer

Network Infrastructure

Access, Switched Network Services, Signaling

Data Services: LAN, Internet, and Wide Area Network Services

Mobile and Wireless Communications

Internet Application Protocols

Network Security

Contemporary Regulatory Issues

Grading:

Homework 10% - There will be weekly homework.

Project 10%

Two mid-term exams- each 20%

Final - 40%