Learning Objectives

• List examples of analog and digital data
• Name and explain the components/blocks in a general model of communication systems
• Describe the difference between link and network communications
• Compare the size of common information/data types

Lecture Material

• Lecture Notes: View, Print, Source
• List of acronyms and summary of mathematical concepts used/assumed in course: View, Source
• Examples of size of typical information and performance requirements of applications: View, Source
• Statistics for Communications and Security: View, Source, Videos

Readings

• Stallings: chapter 1
• Forouzan: chapter 1
• Kurose: chapter 1

Videos

• Last year: Part 1, Part 2
• This year:

Notes

• Thailand Internet Map, showing connectivity between Thai ISPs, and between international ISPs and International Internet Gateways in Thailand.
• NASA JPL Photojournal, which includes the image of Pluto from the New Horizons mission (image PIA19857) and of the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator being retrieved from the ocean (image PIA18465).
• Last years notes as a printable PDF.
• Notes from the lecture are below. Hover over the image to see a description; right-click and view the image to zoom in.