| Topics: | Design and analysis of computer networks. Modeling and performance evaluation, queuing theory applied to computer networks. Traffic flow management and error control. Routing algorithms and protocols. Switch and router architectures. Selected issues in high-speed network design. Optical networks. More... |
| URL: | http://blackboard.unh.edu/ Enrolled students only, password required. Limited guest access available by clicking the Preview button on the login page. The course website is available only when the course is in session. |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Section: | 01 |
| Semester: | Spring 2010 |
| Date/Time: | MWF 9:10-10 am, Room: Kingsbury N133 |
| Instructor: |
Radim Bartos Office: Kingsbury Hall N215B, rbartos AT cs.unh.edu, http://www.cs.unh.edu/~rbartos Phone: (603) 862-3792 Office hours: MWF 8:30-9 am, 11-11:30 am, and by appointment |
| Prerequisite: | CS 725/825 Computer Networks |
| Teaching method: | Lectures, projects. |
| Assignments: | Problems from the textbook and various projects. Assignments are due at the beginning of a class. Late assignments will be accepted (20% penalty for up to one week, no credit will be given after one week). Electronic submissions in proprietary file formats, such as MS Word, will not be accepted. For more on this subject see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html. |
| Exams: | In-class, open-book midterm and final. Several self-graded short quizzes. |
| Grading: | 40% assignments, 25% midterm, 25% final exam, 10% quizzes. Grading scale: 95% and above: A, 90% and above: A-, 87% and above: B+, 83% and above: B, 80% and above: B-, 77% and above: C+, 73% and above: C, 70% and above: C-, etc. Students with a documented disability must register with the UNH Disability Services. More... |
| Text: | There is no required textbook, handouts and Internmet resources will be used instead. A book by W. Stallings: High-Speed Networks and Internets: Performance and Quality of Service, Second Ed., Prentice-Hall 2002, ISBN 0-13-032221-0 covers some of the course topics. |