Course Info for
CMPE3002 - Data Communication Standards
3 credits

Instructor:   Assistant Prof. H. Fatih Ugurdag
Textbook:     None

Course Materials:    * ugurdag.com/cmpe3002
                     * groups.yahoo.com/group/cmpe3002
                         (Please sign up -- you will need a Yahoo id)

* What is this course about?
  This course helps you become technologically literate about digital
  data transmission standards that revolve around PCs. It will also
  try to teach some fundamentals of data compression and encryption.

* Email List: cmpe3002@yahoogroups.com (sign up -- see above)

* Lecture Hours: 
    Section 1 => Mon 12:30-14:30 and Thu 14:30-15:30
    Section 2 => Mon 16:30-18:30 and Thu 15:30-16:30

* Instructor Office Hours: See my schedule on my door.
                           Best time is right after the lectures.
                           I have an open-door policy.

* There is no TA but you may ask questions to
  Coskun, Ferhat, and Tamer
  but at your own risk though :-)

* Grading:
  MT1:                  30 pts
  Project:              25 pts
  Final:                36 pts
  Attendance:            5 pts
  Class Participation:   4 pts 
  Bonus:                 9 pts max

Syllabus: (subject to change)
    Week#1.  Getting to know each other and the course.
         2.  What is a standard?
         3.  Stds orgs. A/D conversion.
         4.  Vld/Rdy interface.
         5.  RS-232.
         6.  Mouse. Keyboard. PS/2 port. Monitor.
         7.  CDDA. MIDI. MP3.
         8.  Huffman Coding. Project discussion.
         9.  LZ Compression. Run-length coding.
         10. Arithmetic Coding, MPEG.
         11. VoIP.
         12. Cryptology.
         13. Review.