EL 6373 Local and Metropolitan Area Networks


Description:

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the fundamental design issues in wireless and wired local and metropolitan area networks, explain the state-of-the-art solutions proposed and deployed in the field by using latest standards and protocols as examples, and discuss the trends in the wireless/wired LAN/MANs. Example wireless technologies covered include the IEEE 802 family of protocols, e.g., WiFi, WiMax and Bluetooth. Example wireline technologies include those associated with Ethernet, and MAN technologies such as Resilient Packet Ring.