CS 2520/TELCOM 2321

Wide Area Networks

Course Description

The widespread use of networking technologies to deliver data and multimedia services to end users all over the world is an important challenge for the global network infrastructure. High-speed Wide Area Network (WAN) technologies must then cope with different service requirements and be capable of providing a satisfying level of Quality of Service (QoS) in terms of available bandwidth and limited latency and jitter. The main objective of this course is to understand the basic principles and fundamental design issues related to multi-service networks, with particular focus on TCP/IP networks.

General Information

Lecture: Tuesday 06:00-8:50PM, SENSQ 5313
Office hours: Tuesday 05:00-6:00PM, Thursday 10:00-11:00AM
Professor: KyoungSoo Park, kyoungsoo@cs, 5415 SENSQ
Teaching Assistant: Lei Jin, jinlei@cs
Textbook:
- Computer Networks: A Systems Approach (4th edition), by Larry Peterson and Bruce Davie
- References:
  - Computer Networking: A Top-down Approach, by Jim Kurose and Keith Ross
  - Internet QoS:Architectures and Mechanisms for Quality of Service, by Zheng Wang
  - TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols, by Richard Stevens

Course Policies

All work must be the student's own, unless collaboration is specifically and explicitly permitted. The course will use a textbook as well as a set of research papers. We will use the textbook for the fundamentals and seminal research papers for specific topics. Students are expected to regularly check the course webpage for announcements, class schedule updates, lecture notes, homework assignments and other related course material. Homework assignments are expected to be turned in at the start of class period on the due date. Typically, homework is due one week after it is assigned, unless otherwise mentioned. Late submission will be penalized (20% per each late day).

Disability Resources and Services

If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, you are encouraged to contact the instructor and Disability Resources and Services, 216 William Pitt Union, 412-648-7890 or 412-383-7355 (TTY), as early as possible in the term.