BA 3842 – Management of Telecommunication

Text: William Stallings, Business Data Communication, Fifth Edition, Reading, MA: Pearson/Prentice Hall Publishing Company, 2005.

Prerequisites: Business Administration 1800 and a 2.0 overall GPA. The technical and managerial aspects of telecommunications as they apply to the business environment are discussed. Issues include: communications components and services, local area network architecture, managerial implimentations, organizational issues, and cost/benefits analyses.

Class Objectives: The topic of telecommunications will be addressed from both a technical and managerial viewpoint. In particular, the course will address issues such as communications components and services, local area and wide area network architecture, managerial implementations, and organizational issues.

The technical dimension of the course will focus on the technology of voice communications, voice and data transmission media and control, communications circuits and networks, and communications protocols.

The managerial dimension of the course will focus on issues such as network design and implementation, network security, and management of the network. In addition, industry standards on network architectures and communication protocols will be examined with the intention of assessing future developments in the telecommunications area.

Drop Policy: For the purposes of this policy, the "effective drop date" is the date which I am informed of the drop or the actual date of the drop, which ever is later. Students can and may inform me by leaving me a note in my mailbox, leaving me a message (on voice mail or e-mail) or by speaking to me in person or over the telephone.

You may drop a course without receiving a grade during the first four weeks of a regular semester and the first two weeks of an 8-week session, and the first three days of a 4-week session. Signatures are not required; however, refunds are reduced based on the date the course is dropped.

After initial Drop Period: After four weeks of a regular semester, two weeks of an 8-week session, and one week of a 4-week session, you will receive either an "EX" grade (which has no effect on GPA) or an "F" (which will be computed in the GPA), depneding on your performance in class.

Assignments: Posted Later

Project: Posted After the Mid-Term

Exams: There will be one mid-term exam and the final exam. (See Class Schedule)

Make-up exams will be provided only for those students who have spoken with the professor prior to the exam and who have a justifiable reason for missing the exam. In add other cases, the student will receive a grade of zero (0) on the exam.

Grading Policy: The following proportions will be used for grading.

Class Participation (Including Attendance)15%

Homework 10%

Project 25%

In-term Exam 25%

Final Exam 25%

Approximate letter grades will be assigned when exams and projects are returned. Students should remember, however, that the term average is a weighted average of the numerical grades, not an average of the approximate letter grades. (more)

Academic Honesty: According to the University Standard of Conduct, Section 6.0101,

The Board of Curators recognizes that academic honesty is essential for the intellectual life of the University. Faculty members have a special obligation to expect high standards of academic honesty in all student work. Students have a special obligation to adhere to such standards.

For the purposes of this class, cheating will include: plagiarism (using the writings of another without proper citation), copying of another (either current or past student's work), working with another on individually assigned work or exams, unauthorized marking on a graded paper or exam, or in any other way presenting as one's own work that which is not entirely one's own work. Further definitions and clarifications can be found in the University guidelines.

Any student who is caught cheating on any assignment or exam will receive a grade of zero (0) for that assignment or exam. Further, a recommendation will be made to the appropriate university officials that additional disciplinary action be taken.

Classroom Courtesy: I realize that I should not have to tell you these things, and I apologize to those of you for whom this is unnecessary, but in the past few years I have noticed a significant increase in bad classroom manners and inconsiderate behavior. So please adhere to the following rules. Repeated violations of these will be grounds for reducing your course grade, and you will be reported to the Office of Homeland Security as a threat to national learning.

Turn off your phones and pagers before entering class; do not talk on the phone in class.

Come to class on time. In those rare cases where being late is unavoidable, please enter the classroom quietly and take a seat as close to the door as possible. If the class period is more than half done, don’t bother to come to the class. Once in class, do not get up and leave unless it is truly an emergency.

Open beverage cans and bottles and snack bags before class starts. If you eat during class, please do so quietly.

Keep talking with your neighbor to a minimum. If you are confused about something in class, please ask me - that is my job and I’m happy to answer course-related questions.

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Disabilities: Please inform me of any physical disabilities that could affect your learning. I am happy to make reasonable accommodations to improve the learning environment, but I need to know about them in order to help. If, during the semester, you are experiencing a serious emotional trauma, please inform me of this before taking an exam; once an exam is taken the grade must be counted and no "retake" is possible.

Class Schedule
Date	Week	Chapter	Homework and Etc.
14^th/Jan	W1	1. Introduction
21^st/Jan
28^th/Jan	W2	2. Business Information 3. Distributive Data Processing	Homework: Calculations (Due by 4^th Feb)
4^th/Feb	W3	4. Internet History and Architecture 5. TCP/IP and OSI	Case Study 1 - Master Card International (Due by 11^th Feb)
11^th/ Feb	W4	5. TCP/IP and OSI 6. Internet Based Applications	Discussion: Case Study 1 - Master Card International
18^th/ Feb	W5	6. Internet Based Applications 7. Client-Server and Intranet Computing
25^th/ Feb	W6	7. Client-Server and Intranet Computing 8. Internet Operation	Mid-Term Preparation: On Demand
3^rd/Mar	W7	Mid-Term Exam
10^th/ Mar	W8	9. LAN Architectures and Protocols 10. Ethernet and Fiber Channel	Case Study 3: ING Life (Due by 17^th Mar) Project Announcement
17^th/ Mar	W9	10. Ethernet and Fiber Channel 11. Wireless LAN	Discussion: Case Study 3: ING Life
24^th/ Mar
31^st/ Mar	W10	12. Circuit and Packet Switching 13. Frame Relay and ATM	Case Study 6 - Staten Island University Hospital (Due by 7^th Apr)
7^th/Apr	W11	13. Frame Relay and ATM 14. Wireless WANs 15. Data Transmission	Discussion: Case Study 6 - Staten Island University Hospital
14^th/Apr	W12	15. Data Transmission 16. Data Communication Fundamentals	Homework: Calculations (Due by 21^st Apr)
21^st/Apr	W13	17. Data Link Control 18. Security	Final Preparation
28^th/Apr	W14	Final Exam
5^th/May	W15	Project Presentation