Course Details

EEL 6506C: Broadband Communications Networks

College of Engineering | Department of Electrical Engineering

Description:	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.
Credit Hours:	3
Prerequisites:	EEL 6534
Corequisites:	None
Co-Prerequisites:	None
Course Requirements:	None
Other Information:	None