Course Description

ECE 436a/b Networking: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture

Introduction to networking, network architecture and protocols, layering, OSI and TCP/IP models. Physical layer: transmission media, data encoding, Asynchronous and synchronous transmission. Data link layer: error detection, flow control, error control. Packet Switching: datagrams, virtual circuits, rout-ing, congestion control, internetworking. Local area networks, network layer and transport layer.

Antirequisite: Computer Science 357a/b

Prerequisite: Computer Science 027a/b, MME 357a/b, ECE 375a/b

2 lecture hours, 2 laboratory hours, half course.

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