2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering
Communication and network
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Hang Song / Jun-Ichi Takada
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Mon / 3-4 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- TSE.A322
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Nowadays, communication networks have become the essential infrastructure for our daily life.
The communication networks, such as the internet consist of various component technologies.
This course focuses on understanding the overview and the background mathematical theories of each component in the communication network.
Course description and aims
1. Acquiring the essential knowledge for managing the local area network in the future career, through general understanding of the communication networks.
2. Understanding the mathematical theories such as the signal modulation and the source coding theorem.
Keywords
Internet protocol, Networking theory, Communication theory, Source coding theorem, Cryptographic theory
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lecture and exercise
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | How to proceed with the lecture, The internet and OSI reference model | OSI reference model and functions of each layer |
| Class 2 | Internet protocol (IP) | Functions of IP |
| Class 3 | Routing technology | The exercise about the routing table |
| Class 4 | MAC Protocol | The exercise about the various MAC protocols |
| Class 5 | Signal Modulation I | The exercise about Fourier Transformation Theory |
| Class 6 | Signal Modulation II | The exercise about the analog signal modulation |
| Class 7 | Signal Modulation III | The exercise about the digital signal modulation |
| Class 8 | Transport Protocol | The exercise about the transport protocol |
| Class 9 | Application Layer, Other functions | The exercise about the DNS and HTTP protocols |
| Class 10 | Probability Theory | The exercise about the random process and probability theory |
| Class 11 | Channel Coding I | The exercise about the information entropy |
| Class 12 | Channel Coding II | The exercise about the source coding theorem |
| Class 13 | Channel Coding III | The exercise about the channel coding theorem |
| Class 14 | Encryption and Network Security Technology II | Functions of Common key/Public-key cryptography |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Lecture materials are distributed from the T2SCHOLA.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Andrew S. Tanenbaum, David J. Wetherall, “Computer Networks” Pearson Education Limited; 2013
Simon Haykin, Michael Moher, “Communication Systems”, Wiley, 2009.
Stefan M. Moser, Po-Ning Chen, “A Student's Guide to Coding and Information Theory”, Cambridge University Press
Evaluation methods and criteria
Evaluated by weekly homework (40%), and final examination (60%)
Related courses
- None
Prerequisites
None