This unit provides an advanced and insightful look into the design, analysis and performance evaluation of telecommunication networks. Key topics covered in the course include: benefits of high speed networks such as effectiveness, cost and customer control; functions and characteristics of several services and technologies such as Personal Communication Services, Frame Relay, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), SONET/SDH and Switched Multimegabit Data Services; Protocol modeling and verification techniques; ATM LANs, multimedia communication; Analysis of protocols for data link, network and transport layers; Network design; Operating system views of communication.
Course Type | Major |
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Credit Hour | 3 |
Lecture Hour | 45 |
Biweekly Quiz, One Midterm Exam, One Final Exam, Project
Letter Grade | Marks | Grade Point |
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A | 90 - 100 | 4.00 |
A- | 85 - 89 | 3.70 |
B+ | 80 - 84 | 3.30 |
B | 75 - 79 | 3.00 |
B- | 70 - 74 | 2.70 |
C+ | 65 - 69 | 2.30 |
C | 60 - 64 | 2.00 |
C- | 55 - 59 | 1.70 |
D+ | 50 - 54 | 1.30 |
D | 45 - 49 | 1.00 |
F | 00 - 44 | 0.00 |