Communication Networks

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: Graduate standing, preceded by EECS 431 or accompanied by ECE 501. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) System architectures. Data link control: error correction, protocol analysis, framing. Message delay: Markov processes, queuing, delays in statistical multiplexing, multiple users with reservations, limited service, priorities. Network delay: Kleinrock independence, reversibility, traffic flows, throughput analysis, Jackson networks. Multiple access networks: ALOHA and splitting protocols, carrier sensing, multi-access reservations.