Courses

Engineering principles of computer communications: summary of digital transmission, media and switching; error control, layering concept, overview of protocols; architectures for local, metropolitan, and wide-area networks; emerging issues in digitalcommunications systems.
Prereq: ECE 301, ST 371

Topics related to connection-oriented packet network architectures, such as: frame relay, the asynchronous transfer mode(ATM), multi-protocol label switching (MPLS), and generalized multi-protocol label swiching (GMPLS), signalling protocols, and related quality-of-service issues. Restricted to students in CSC,CPE,CNE,CNC,ORC,ORE.
Prereq: CSC/ECE 570

Introduction to the design and performance evaluation of network services. Topics include top-down network design based on requirements, end-to-end services and network system architecture, service level agreements, quantitative performance evaluation techniques. Provides quantitative skills on network service traffic and workload modeling, as well as, service applications such as triple play, internet (IPTV), Peer-to-peer (P2P), voice over IP (VoIP), storage, network management, and access services.
Prereq: CSC(ECE) 570 and CSC(ECE) 579