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2021-2022 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog 
    
 
  Mar 28, 2024
 
2021-2022 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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CS 2520 - WIDE AREA NETWORKS


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course provides an understanding of the basic principles of broadband networks. It will introduce protocols suitable for broadband networks, with emphasis on atm. Other technologies, such as frame relay and smds, will be discussed. The course will also address important design issues for high speed networks including characterizations of (a) network traffic and its implications on network design, and (b) application performance objectives, traffic policing, and congestion control algorithms that can meet those diverse objectives.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis
Course Requirements: PLAN: Computer Science (CS-PHD; CS-MS; CSMSBS-MS) or Computer Engineering (COEAS-PHD; COEAS-MS; COEENG-PHD; COEENG-MCO)


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