Internet Foundations

4 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: None. Enforced Prerequisite: EECS 270 or EECS 300; No OP/F; or graduate standing. Minimum grade requirement of “C” for enforced prerequisite. (4 credits) Fundamentals of the internet are introduced. Four layers of the internet are described, including the application, transport, network and link layers. TCP and UDP protocols in the transport layer are studied, along with IP in the network layer. Routers are described that perform the IP functions. Ethernet, WiFi and cellular technologies are covered for the link layer.