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537 Communication Networks. II, Odd Yrs; 3 cr. Study of communication networks. Layered network architecture. Queueing theory: Little's theorem, M/ and M/G/1 queues, Jackson networks. Data link control: error detection, retransmission strategies, framing. Network layer: flow control (window flow control), routing (shortest-path routing, flow models, optimal routing). Multiaccess communications: random access and Aloha, carrier sensing, multiaccess reservations. Circuit switched networks. P: ECE 331 or Math/IE 632, or cons inst.

Course Prerequisite(s)

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

D. Bertsekas and R. Gallager, Data Networks, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 1992.

Course objectives

This course provides an introduction to communication networks. The main focus of the course is on basic principles, modeling, and quantitative analysis.

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Contribution of course to meeting the professional component
This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, but does not provide design experience.

The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.

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