Presentation layer protocols including virtual terminal and file transfer protocols, cryptography, and text compression. The copper medium, twisted wire pair, coaxial media, premises distribution system, role of new cables for high-speed digital systems, mathematical treatment of the copper medium. Limits of copper based telecommunication systems. A significant project and technical paper is required utilizing, where applicable, state of the art equipment in the laboratory. Topics of current research interest include, image processing, multilevel expert systems, distributed functionally specific processors, advanced knowledge engineering, artificial intelligence, voice recognition and synthesis and natural language processing.
Topics vary by semester and are keyed to current faculty research.
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