Data Communication & Network
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Who's teaching you
Dr. Muhammad Ariff Baharudin
Lecturer, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Room: 05-02-01, Block P19a, FKE
Email: mariff@fke.utm.my
Phone: 019-714 1408
Course coordinator: Dr. Nurul Ashikin Daud
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What this course is about
How data gets from one device to another, and how to design the networks that carry it.
How data moves
- OSI & TCP/IP layers
- Transmission & error control
- Framing with HDLC
How networks connect
- LANs, WLANs & WANs
- IP fragmentation & ICMP
- Internetworking & routing
How you design one
- Classless addressing & subnetting
- IPv6
- Packet Tracer & Wireshark
It builds on SKEE2073 Signals & Systems and SKEE3533 Principles of Communication: from one signal on one link, to a whole network.
Course learning outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to…
Assessed by: Quiz · Test 1 · Final exam
Assessed by: Quiz · Test 2 · Final exam
Assessed by: Test 2 · Final exam · Project 1
Assessed by: Project 2
How we'll learn
Read the notes
Flipped classroom: study the week's notes on e-learning first.
Solve problems
Active learning: short activities open and close each session.
Reflect
Post-class tasks, plus a weekly reflection on e-learning.
Build projects
Analyse LAN performance, then design a network in Packet Tracer.
Tools you'll use
Cisco Packet Tracer
Build and test network designs. You'll need it for Project 2.
netacad.com (free account)
15 weeks at a glance
Classes: Tuesday 10:00–10:50 and Thursday 14:00–15:50. Test and quiz dates will be announced on e-learning.
How you'll be assessed
Coursework 50% · Final exam 50%
Quizzes
Quiz 1 & Quiz 2, 5% each, online
CLO1, CLO2
Tests
Test 1 & Test 2, 10% each, 1 hour in class
T1: CLO1 · T2: CLO2, CLO3
Projects
Project 1 & Project 2, 10% each
P1: CLO3 · P2: CLO4
Final exam
2.5 hours, in person
CLO1, CLO2, CLO3
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House rules
Manage your time
Class activities take 5 to 20 minutes.
Reflect every week
Post your weekly reflection on e-learning.
Learn together
Collaborate, ask, and help each other.
Attend at least 80%
Keep your attendance above 80%.
Dress the part
Follow the UTM dress code.
No bonus marks
Every mark comes from the assessments.
Academic integrity
Copied work gets zero marks, and may lead to disciplinary action by the Faculty.
- ✓ Work individually, unless a task is explicitly a group activity.
- ✓ Explain what you read in your own words. Short quotes are fine if marked as quotes.
- ✗ Retyping a source and just citing it is not enough.
- ✗ Don't do someone else's work, or lend yours to be copied.
Main references
Kurose & Ross
Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach
Pearson, 2021
William Stallings
Data and Computer Communications, 10th ed.
Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2013
Behrouz A. Forouzan
Data Communications and Networking
McGraw Hill, 2021