Telecommunication Networks

Course Code

TECH 152

Academic Year

2016-2017

This course will look at the combined roles of electronics and networking in the transfer of data. Specifically, we will explore how information physically moves from one place to another. We will examine the coding of digital and analog data; transmission media, such as twisted pair, coaxial cable, fibre-optic cable and wireless; the methods used to share the media between multiple users; and the basic architectures for distributing the Internet, namely DSL and cable.