Comms Tech

Week Begin	Lesson	Tasks	Topic
7 Sep ü	1		Induction
14 Sep ü	2		Communications Methods
21Sep ü	3		Communication Devices
28 Sep ü	4		Further Comm. Devices
5 Oct ü	5		Comm. Devices Research
12 Oct ü	6
19 Oct ü	7		Basic Electricity Ohms Law
26 Oct ü			Half Term
2 Nov ü	8		Sin waves and Harmonics
9 Nov ü	9		Fourier and Sampling theorems
16 Nov ü	19		Gain Attenuation the Decibel
23 Nov ü	11		Communication Media
30 Nov ü	12		Review Week
7 Dec ü	13	Given Out
14 Dec ü	14		identify and explain types of communication devices
21 Dec ü			Christmas
28 Dec ü			Christmas
4 Jan ü	15	P1	explain the principles of signal theory
11 Jan ü	16		explain the principles of signal theory
18 Jan ü	17	P2	describe communication protocols used and explain why they are important
25 Jan ü	18		describe communication protocols used and explain why they are important
1 Feb ü	19	P3	describe different methods of electronic communication and transmission media used
8 Feb ü	20		explain why particular transmission media are chosen in particular situations
15 Feb ü			Half Term
22 Feb	21	P4/M2	identify and describe the roles of network components and how they are interconnected
1 Mar	22	P5	describe the features of networks and the communication services they offer
8 Mar	23	P6	describe the nature of internet communication and the associated system requirements.
15 Mar	24	P7	explain techniques that can be used to reduce errors in transmissions
22 Mar	25		Review Week
29 Mar	26	M1	explain and implement direct communication between two networked devices.
5 Apr			Easter
12 Apr			Easter
19 Apr	27		compare and evaluate the effectiveness of the transfer of data over both wireless and wired networks.
26 Apr	28		Assignment Work
3 May	29	M3/D3	Assignment Work
10 May	30		critically compare the OSI seven layer model and the TCP/ IP model
17 May	31		choose and justify the choice of a particular access control method for a given situation
24 May	32	D1/D2	Assignment Work
31 May			Half Term
7 Jun	33		Review Week
14 Jun	34