MIS 3360-01 Basic Concepts of Telecommunications (Spring 2010)

12:00 - 12:50 p.m. MWF

Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems

 

Instructor:  Cretson Dalmadge, Ph.D.                                                                                Office Hours:    MWF  9:00 - 11:00 a.m

E-mail: dalmadgec@wssu.edu                                               Office:  RJRC 128                                                 Phone:  750-2358

 

Prerequisite:  MIS 1380 Microcomputer Applications or permission of instructor.

 

Description: Students are introduced to the basic concepts involved with the use and management of telecommunications.  The primary focus is networking (local as well as wide area), electronic mail and teleconferencing, distributed data operations and data management, control and efficiency, regulatory and security considerations.  The objectives:  student recognition of key telecommunications concepts to successful management of the information system.

  

Syllabus: Course Syllabus for MIS 3360;   

 

Required Text: Panko, Raymond (2007) Business Data Communications and Networking 7th Ed., Prentice-Hall;

                   ISBN 13: 978-0-13-615340-5; ISBN 10: 0-13-615340-2.

 

Week

Topic

Reading
1 Introduction;   Core Network Concepts;  Layered Standards Networking Chapter 2
2 Martin Luther King Jr.  Day;               Layered Standards Networking  
3 Physical layer propagation Chapter 3
4 Ethernet LANs;       Lab session (configuring a LAN in Rm 008) Chapter 4; PDF
5 Wireless LANs;                   Lab sessions Chapter 5; PDF
6 Examination 1,    Exam 1 review;        Essay Rubrics       
7 Using a shared medium – multiplexing, PDF; Errors, Detection and Control  Readings
8 The Public Switched Telephone Network Chapter 6
9 Wide Area Networking;     VPN demo;  Understanding IPsec;      Encryption;  Chapter 7; PDF
10 Security    AspEncrypt Demo 2; JavaScrypt Encryption and Decryption   DDoS attacks;   Security Survey Chapter 9; PDF
11   Exam2 Review                 Examination 2  
12 Network Management;    Networking hands-on -  File Sharing/ CD Rom sharing Chapter 10; PDF
13 RAID;    Data backup;     Business Continuity;     Network Applications;     Final Review Chapter 11
14 Project groups  (network diagrams);   Sample Network Diagram  
15 Project presentations  
16 Finals Week:   [final review sheet]        [Exam is : Wed May 6,2009 12:00 - 1:30 pm]  

Term Project,  Assignment 1,  Assignment 2. Project Template

 

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