Data Communication and

Networking
Dr. Ing. Vo Que Son
Email: sonvq@hcmut.edu.vn

Telecomm. Dept.
Faculty of EEE

DCN
HCMUT

Content
Credit: 3
Grading Policy:
HW/Test/Midterm Exam:
Mini-Project:
Experiment:
Final Exam:

20%
10%
20%
50%

PI Assessment: a1 (ABET criteria) on Midterm and

Final exams
Reference:
[1] Communication Networks, Leon-Garcia
[2] Computer Networking: A Top Down Approach Featuring the Internet, J.F Kurose et al.
[3] Data Communication and Networking Behrouz A. Forouzan
[4] Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open Systems, Fred Halsall
[5]Lecture notes
The course slides are also prepared in combination with the use of other information sources.
Telecomm. Dept.
Faculty of EEE

DCN
HCMUT

Course Outcomes and Program Outcome

No
L.O.1
L.O.2

L.O.3
L.O.4
L.O.5
L.O.6
L.O.7

No
L.O.8

Course learning outcomes (Theory)

CDIO
Understanding and applying background of transmission media and PHY layer
2.1
Understanding and applying knowledge of physical interface standards in data
2.1, 2.2, 2.3
transmission
Deeply understanding basic data transmission techniques: asynchronous and
2.1
synchronous data transmission, error detection and correction
Clearly understanding basic protocols of data link layer and can be able to build
2.1, 2.3
communication protocols in reality
Understanding industrial networks: MODBUS, CAN and being able to apply in reality
2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 4.1
Understanding telecommunication networks: PSTN, ADSL, IP
2.1, 2.3
Be able to study and present science topics in the field of data transmission
2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 4.4,
4.5
Course learning outcomes (Experiment)
CDIO
Be able to build data networks, manage network devices
2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 4.3

Criteria a: An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science,

and engineering
- PI a1: Use probability and statistics to model situations in engineering

Telecomm. Dept.
Faculty of EEE

DCN
HCMUT

Content
Chapter 1: Medium and PHY Layer
Wired and Wireless Media
Physical layer standards: RS232, RS422, RS485
Line Coding
Digital modulation/demodulation
Channel parameters
Gaussian noise and BER

Chapter 2: Data Communications

Asynchronous data transmission
Synchronous data transmission
Channel Coding
Data Compression
Telecomm. Dept.
Faculty of EEE

DCN
HCMUT

Content
Chapter 3: Data Link Layer Protocols
Flow Control
Error Control
Connection Management
Data link layer Protocols

Chapter 4: Telecommunication Networks

802.x standard and TCP/IP Model
Ethernet, Token Pass, Token Ring
IP Addressing: Classless and VLSM
Network devices
Switching and Routing
STP, VLAN
Telecomm. Dept.
Faculty of EEE

DCN
HCMUT

Content
Chapter 5: Industrial Networks
MODBUS
Controller Area Network
SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition)

Telecomm. Dept.
Faculty of EEE

DCN
HCMUT

OSI Model
What is OSI model?
Open System Interconnection

Why do we have to use OSI

model?
System and Device Design
Trouble-shooting

OSI model:
PHY layer
MAC layer
Network layer
Session layer
Presentation layer
Application layer
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Faculty of EEE

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HCMUT

Communication in OSI model

At each level, two entities (N-entity peers)
interact by means of the N protocol by
transmitting protocol data units (PDU).
A service data unit (SDU) is a specific unit
of data that has been passed down from an
OSI layer to a lower layer, and which the
lower layer has not yet encapsulated into a
protocol data unit (PDU). An SDU is a set of
data that is sent by a user of the services of
a given layer, and is transmitted
semantically unchanged to a peer service
user.
The PDU at a layer N is the SDU of layer N1. In effect the SDU is the 'payload' of a
given PDU. All the data contained in the
SDU becomes encapsulated within the
PDU. The layer N-1 adds headers or
footers, or both, to the SDU, transforming
it into a PDU of layer N-1. The added
headers or footers are part of the process
used to make it possible to get data from a
source to a destination.
Telecomm. Dept.
Faculty of EEE

DCN
HCMUT