EEL 6506C Broadband Communications Networks

Credit Hours: 3

Objectives of networking, circuit and packet switching, queuing theory. Topologies, layered architectures, protocols and network performance. Local and wide area networks. Broadband networks: sonnet, SHD, ATM and BISDN. ATM: cell concept, visual paths and channels, layer functions, interfaces and protocols; switch fabrics; CBR, VBR, ABR traffic, QOS. Current trends and internet. Applications to ATA/voice/video/multimedia traffic.

Prerequisite(s): EEL 6534
Corequisite(s): None
Co-Prerequisite(s): None

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