CS 548: Broadband Networks

Objectives

• Understand the evolution from PDH to SONET/SDH, the principles and elements of the SONET/SDH protocol(s), and the major components of an optical network.
• Understand the technologies, interfaces, and protocols used for broadband access.
• Understand the most successful protocols, implementations, and technologies for broadband LANs.
• Analyze and compare the competing architectures, protocols, and technologies used for building broadband Wide Area Networks.
• Identify the quality of service issues in broadband networks and present potential solutions.
• Show how different broadband technologies merge toward a multi-services, broadband network.
• Discuss special issues and trends in the implementation of broadband networks in the form of case studies.

Prerequisites

• CS 455 or ECE 545.

Syllabus

• Physical layer for broadband
• Broadband access
  • Cable Modems
  • Digital Subscriber Lines
  • High-speed wireless access
• Broadband Local Area Networks (LANs)
  • Ethernet switching
  • Gigabit Ethernet
  • IEEE 802.11b
  • Bluetooth
  • Virtual Local Area Networks (vLANs)
• Broadband Wide Area Networks
  • Optical networks
• Broadband Wide Area Networks
  • ATM technologies
  • Traffic management and congestion control in broadband networks.
• High speed cell switching systems and routers for broadband
• Internet Evolution to Broadband
  • QoS in Support of Multimedia Applications
  • Internet Evolution to Broadband
    • Wire-Speed Routers and IP Switching

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