Introduction

• Introduction (4 min, PowerPoint)

Part 1 - Evolution of Communication Networks

(Prof. Jacques Tiberghien)

• The 19th century telecommunications (24 min, PowerPoint)
  • Telegraph - Telephone
  • Digital vs. analog communications
• The voice networks & the data networks
• The electronics revolution (23 min, PowerPoint)
  • Digital sound
  • Mainframe computers with remote access
  • The first unification : ISDN
  • Local area networks
  • Wide area and local area networks integration
• The Internet (27 min, PowerPoint)
  • The research project
  • The universal computer communications medium
  • The successful unification?
• Introduced concepts

Part 2: Communications Systems Modeling

(Prof. Kris Steenhaut)

• Introduction (14 min, PowerPoint)
• Example: a diplomatic negotiation
• Principles of a layered model
• Connection oriented and connectionless communications (25 min, PowerPoint)
• Communication networks according to a layered model
• Introduced concepts

Part 3: Applications of Data Communications

(Prof. Jacques Tiberghien)

• Data Communications Applications (23 min, PowerPoint)
  • File & print serving
  • Mail
  • Domain Name Server
  • Telnet (8 min, disk 2)
  • File Transfer Protocol
  • World Wide Web (18 min // 14 min, PowerPoint)
• Multi-media Applications
  • Voice (28 min, PowerPoint)
  • Images (13 min, PowerPoint)
• Introduced concepts

Part 4: Communications, Theory and Media

(Prof. Kris Steenhaut)

• Communications Theory (25 min, PowerPoint)
  • Parallel vs. serial transmission
  • Transmission Capacity (Shannon)
  • Error detection and correction (15 min, PowerPoint)
• Communications Media (10 min, PowerPoint)
  • Optical fibers
  • Coaxial cables
  • Twisted pairs
  • Wireless (22 min, PowerPoint)
• Introduced concepts

Part 5: Multiplexing

(Prof. Jacques Tiberghien)

• Link multiplexing (19 min, PowerPoint)
  • Circuit switching (Synchronous Time-domain Multiplexing)
  • Packet Switching (Statistical Time-domain Multiplexing)
• Connection oriented vs. Connectionless (25 min, PowerPoint)
  • Datagrams & Routing
  • Virtual Circuits & Forwarding
• Introduced concepts

Extra: Full PowerPoint Presentations

• Part 1: Evolution of Communication Networks
• Part 2: Communications Systems Modeling
• Part 3: Applications of Data Communications
• Part 4: Communications, Theory and Media
• Part 5: Multiplexing