| Week |
Period |
Topics |
Reading Assignment |
Hmwk |
| #1 |
Lecture 1 |
Course introduction, Syllabus review |
|
Quiz 1. |
| Lecture 2 |
Telegraph & Telephone networks |
Ch. 1 |
| Lecture 3 |
Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTNs) |
|
| #2 |
Lecture 1 |
Legislative History of Telecommunications |
Ch. 2 |
Quiz 2 |
| Lecture 2 |
Regulatory History of Telecommunications |
|
| Lecture 3 |
Legislative & Regulatory History, cont. |
|
| #3 |
Lecture 1 |
Modified Final Judgment of 1984 |
Ch. 3 |
Quiz 3 |
| Lecture 2 |
Telecommunications Reform Act of 1996 |
|
| Lecture 3 |
Review of Legislative, Judicial, and Regulatory
Acts |
|
| #4 |
Lecture 1 |
Introduction to Electricity & Magnetism |
Ch. 3 (cont.) |
Quiz 4 |
| Lecture 2 |
Telephone Operational Characteristics |
|
| Lecture 3 |
Properties of the Public Switched Telephone
Network |
|
| #5 |
Lecture 1 |
Multiplexing and Line Compression |
Ch. 6 |
Quiz 5 |
| Lecture 2 |
Guest Lecture: WI PSC Commissioner: Dr.
J. Farrow |
|
| Lecture 3 |
Introduction to Digital Communications |
|
| #6 |
Lecture 1 |
Digital Communications (cont.) |
Ch. 8 |
Quiz 6 |
| Lecture 2 |
Synchronous & Asynchronous Communications |
|
| Lecture 3 |
Packet-switched Digital Communications |
|
| #7 |
Lecture 1 |
ISDN Fundamentals |
Ch. 9 |
Quiz 7 |
| Lecture 2 |
ADSL Fundamentals |
|
| Lecture 3 |
CATV Fundamentals and Cable Modems |
|
| #8 |
Lecture 1 |
Local Area Network (LAN) Basics |
Ch. 10 |
|
| Lecture 2 |
PC Bus Architecture, LAN Architecture |
|
| Lecture 3 |
Tour of Campus Computer Center |
|
| #9 |
Lecture 1 |
Wide Area Network (WAN) Basics: T1, T3, OC-x
|
Ch. 11 |
Quiz 8 |
| Lecture 2 |
WAN Technology: X.25, FR, ATM, VoIP, QoS |
|
| Lecture 3 |
ARPANET/Internet History, TCP/IP basics |
|
| #10 |
Lecture 1 |
Term Paper Presentations |
Ch. 12 |
|
| Lecture 2 |
Term Paper Presentations (cont.) |
|
| Lecture 3 |
Term Paper Presentations (cont.) |
|
| #11 |
Exam week |
Final exam |
|
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