SEN 630: Advanced Topics in Computer Networking

Offered Under: M.Sc. in Software Engineering (SEN)
Description

Overview of OSI model, TCP/IP, Circuit switching and Packet switching, multiplexing, routing and congestion control and deadlock prevention. Driving forces for high speed networking, High speed LANs, Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet, FDDI and DQDB, Frame relay architecture, Standards and protocols, Switched Multi-Megabit Data Services, ATM standards protocols, ATM LANs, Optical Communication and SONET/SDH, Broadband access technologies, x-DSL. BISDN protocol and architecture, Broadband service aspects and access architecture, Broadband transmission networks, Broadband intelligent network. Broadband access network technology, Encryption and network security, Advanced topics for network management. 


Prerequisites:
  • None

Course Type Major
Credit Hour 3
Lecture Hour 45
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