ECE 861 / CSE 861 Computer Communication Networks I
A foundational and analytical understanding of network architecture, error control, queuing analysis, and network dimensioning. A student taking this course is expected to:
Be exposed to a basic history of networking
Be familiar with architectural concepts of layering and circuit and packet switching
Master various error control techniques and their analyses
Be familiar with different queuing models and their application to networking
Master elementary Markov chain analysis and be able to use them to model network systems
Be familiar to M/G/1 queues, residual lifetime, and priority queuing
Be familiar with Jackson's Theorem and product form analyses
Be familiar with Little's Law and use it in different network scenarios
Master concepts of shortest path routing and use Dijkstra and Bellman Ford on different network graphs
Be familiar with issues of convergence, looping, and overhead in routing
Master concepts in shortest path routing including analysis of correctness, convergence, and complexity
Be familiar with asynchronous routing protocols, routing on the Internet, and routing on other historical networks.
Be familiar with window-based flow control and its analysis using closed queueing networks
Be familiar with TCP congestion control and its advantages and disadvantages.
Be exposed to a simplified analysis of TCP/IP window control
Be familiar to the concepts of multi-access communications
Be familiar to polling and analyses of polled systems
Master simplified analysis of Aloha and slotted Aloha
Be exposed to other historical and current random-access techniques
Be familiar with P2P networks and their analysis.
Be exposed to some of the open research problems in networking.
ECE 862 / CSE 862 Computer Communication Networks II
A foundational and analytical understanding of network architecture, error control, queuing analysis, and network dimensioning. A student taking this course is expected to:
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