This is an advanced course focused on the principles of operation, architectures, protocol design and performance management techniques for integrated broadband computer networks designed to support multimedia transport and services. The course covers a wide range of emerging technologies used in high speed local, metropolitan and wide area networks, including Gigabit ETHERNETS, FDDI, Frame Relay and ATM. Several switching architectures are presented and their performances analyzed and compared. Traffic-related management strategies including call-setup procedures, congestion and flow control, admission control, traffic shaping, policing, resource allocation and other QoS-related issues are carefully described and analyzed. The course will also introduce several broadband multimedia applications including IP multicasting and present a host of multicast routing procedures. Ultra-broadband Optical Networking technologies, including SONET and DWDM along with Optical Switching architectures will be discussed. In addition, several topics in Wireless Networks are treated with some detail including WLANs, Bluetooth, Mobile IP, WAP and wireless access to the Internet.
Intended learning outcomes
Knowledge &understand
To understand operation of broadband networks
To understand different techniques of broadband networks
To understand traffic-related management strategies of broadband networks
To gain knowledge of several broadband multimedia applications
mental skills
To understand the principles of Network Management and Standards.
To have knowledge in different technologies used in high speed computer networks.
To study different switching architecture and their performance.
To describe and analyze of QoS-related issues in broadband networks.
To gain a Knowledge for wireless networks.
Practical & professional skills
To gain practical details of different broadband protocols.
To Analyze different broadband protocols.
To get knowledge of state technologies used in broadband networks
Diagnosis of problems and use of diagnostic and auditing tools.
