School of Information Technology and Engineering
Common to ALL Batches
                             B.Tech (IT) – IV Semester
Course Code: IT209
Course Title: Data Communications
                          Data Communications                       L       T       P       C
                                                                    3       0       0       3
Prerequisite     ---
Objectives           • To learn analog and digital data transmission
                     • To understand synchronous and asynchronous data transmission
                     • To gain knowledge on encoding schemes
Outcomes         Understanding how analog and digital data are transmitted and secured
Unit 1           Introduction                                                                    9
                 Data communication - Key elements of communication model - Effectiveness of
                 data communication dependents – Components - Classification of communication
                 networks - OSI layers - Protocols in OSI reference model - TCP/IP protocol
                 architecture
Unit 2           Analog and Digital Transmission                                                 9
                 Transmission terminologies: Frequency, spectrum, and bandwidth - Frequency-
                 domain concepts – Spectrum - Analog and digital data transmission: Transmission,
                 Attenuation and Distortion – Transmission delay and noise – Channel capacity
Unit 3           Transmission Media                                                              9
                 Guided media: Open wire, Twisted pair, Optical fiber - Unguided transmission
                 media: Ground wave propagation, Line of sight propagation – Radio and
                 microwave frequencies - Satellites
Unit 4           Synchronous and Asynchronous Transmissions                                      9
                 Parallel and Serial Transmission - Synchronous transmission: Bit synchronization,
                 Character synchronization - Asynchronous transmission: Asynchronous start-stop
                 systems – Line configuration - Point-to-point configuration – Multi-point link -
                 Modes of transmission - Interface Standards: EIA-232, V.24/EIA-232, and ISDN
Unit 5           Encoding Schemes                                                                9
                 Digital-to-digital encoding scheme: Unipolar, Polar, Non-return-to-zero (NRZ),
                 Non-return-to-
                 zero-level (NRZ-L), Non-return-to-zero-inverted (NRZ-I), Return-to-zero, Biphase:
                 Manchester, Differential Manchester, Bipolar, BAMI, Bipolar 8-Zeroes Substitution
                 (B8ZS), High-density-bipolar-3 zeros (HDB3); Analog–to–digital encoding scheme:
                 PCM (Pulse Code Modulation), Delta Modulation (DM) Analog-to-analog encoding
                 scheme: AM, FM, PM
                 Digital-to-analog encoding scheme: ASK, FSK, PSK, Spread spectrum
Text Books       Behrouz A Forouzan, Data Communications and Networking, Tata Mc-Grawhill,
                 2007
References       1. W. Stallings, Data and Computer Communications, Prentice-Hall, 2005
                 2. Simon Haykins, Digital Communications, John Wiley, 1988
                 3. John G. Proakis, Digital Communications, McGraw-Hill Inc, 3e, 1995
                 4. M.K. Simen, Digital Communication Techniques - Signal Design and Detection,
                 PHI
MoE              Continuous Assessment Test, Quiz, Assignment, Seminar, and TEE