Data Communications Fundamentals: Signals, Codes, Compression, Integrity, Powerline Communications, and Skype
Signals Codes Analog and Digital Signals Compression Data integrity Powerline communications Skype Data Communications Fundamentals: Signals, Codes, Compression, Integrity, Powerline Communications, and Skype Cristian S. Calude March{May 2008 Data Communications Fundamentals: Signals, Codes, Compression, Integrity, Powerline Communications, and Skype 1 / 209 Signals Codes Analog and Digital Signals Compression Data integrity Powerline communications Skype Thanks to Nevil Brownlee and Ulrich Speidel for stimulating discussions and critical comments. Data Communications Fundamentals: Signals, Codes, Compression, Integrity, Powerline Communications, and Skype 2 / 209 Signals Codes Analog and Digital Signals Compression Data integrity Powerline communications Skype Assignment and exam Test (3 questions): 24 April, 1.30 - 2.20 pm. Exam: prepare all results discussed in class Exam: try to solve as many problems as possible from the proposed list Data Communications Fundamentals: Signals, Codes, Compression, Integrity, Powerline Communications, and Skype 3 / 209 Signals Codes Analog and Digital Signals Compression Data integrity Powerline communications Skype Goals Understand digital and analog signals Understand codes and encoding schemes Understand compression, its applications and limits Understand flow-control and routing Discuss recent issues related to the above topics Data Communications Fundamentals: Signals, Codes, Compression, Integrity, Powerline Communications, and Skype 4 / 209 Signals Codes Analog and Digital Signals Compression Data integrity Powerline communications Skype References 1 S. A. Baset, H. Schulzrinne. An analysis of the Skype Peer- to-Peer Internet Telephony Protocol, 15 Sept. 2004, 12 pp. 2 B. A. Forouzan. Data Communications and Networking, McGraw Hill, 4th edition, New York, 2007. 3 S. Huczynska. Powerline communication and the 36 officers problem, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 364 (2006), 3199{3214.
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