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