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2024-2025 University Catalog 
    
2024-2025 University Catalog

ECE 50863 - Computer Network Systems


Credit Hours: 3.00. The goal of this course is to provide students with a proper grounding in the basic concepts and seminal work in computer network protocols and systems, and to introduce students to research in the field. The course will cover classical concepts such as network architecture, switching, routing, congestion control, and quality-of-service, and discuss recent developments in these areas. The course will also cover new developments in networking such as network measurements, network management, overlay networking and peer-to-peer systems, network security, and new network architectures. The course will emphasize a system-oriented and empirical view of internet architecture. Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Typically offered Spring.Credits: 3.00