CS925 Advanced Computer Networks

Course Outline

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: https://piazza.com/unh/fall2012/cs925/home
Credits: 3
Section: 01
Semester: Fall 2012
Date/Time: M 9:10-11 am and W 9:10-10 am, Room: Kingsbury N111
Instructor: Radim Bartos
Office: Kingsbury Hall N229, rbartos AT cs.unh.edu, http://www.cs.unh.edu/~rbartos
Phone: (603) 862-3792
Office hours: M 11 am - noon, W 10 am - noon, 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).
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.