SYSC 4700
Topics in Communications Networks
Contemporary and emerging topics in communications networks and technologies. Communications as a national and international infrastructure. Systems view of network architecture and management: transmission, access, interference, routing, softwarization, virtualization, security. Regulations and standards. Examples include cellular 5G/6G, Wi-Fi, terrestrial, optical, aerial, and satellite networks.
2020
Topics
- History of Telecommunications
- Network Management
- Packet Networking
- Transmission of Information
- Global Telecommunications Standards
- Transmission Media
- Broadband Access Technologies – xDSL & FTTx
- Voice over IP
- Cellular Communications & Networks
- Wireless LAN / WiFi
- Cryptography
- Containers
- Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Services
- Quantum Computing
- Non-Terrestrial Networks
- Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
- Software Defined Networks (SDN)
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): SYSC 3501 or SYSC 3503 . Lectures three hours a week, laboratory/problem analysis three hours alternate weeks.