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Choose 3 Core Courses (9 credits)
  • EL5373 Internet Architecture and Protocols (3 credits)
    This course introduces the student to some basic local area networking technologies and protocols in a set of lectures and laboratory experiments. Link level protocols. Local area networks: CSMA/CD, Token Ring, IEEE standards and protocols. The Internet protocol suite: IP, ARP, RARP, ICMP, UDP and TCP.LAN Interconnection: bridges, routers and gateways. Report on an emerging Internet protocol or technology Application protocols: SNMP, FTP, SMTP and NFS.

    Important Course Information:
    This Course requires students to do the lab experiments at scheduled hours every week for 3 hours. Additionally, the number of students who can do these labs remotely is limited to 3 for every 15 students enrolled. All other students must attend the lab physically on campus every week. (Please contact graduate advisor for details)

    Prerequisites: Graduate status and EL 5363 or EE 136.

  • EL5473 Introduction to VLSI Design (3 credits)
    This course will cover CMOS processing technology; MOS transistor theory, static/dynamic circuit and logic design techniques; mixed (analog/digital) design, standard cells and gate arrays; clocking strategies; input/output structures; datapath, memory and control logic design. Advanced VLSI CAD tools will be used for layout; timing, functional and mixed mode simulations.

  • EL6113 Signals, Systems and Transforms (3 credits)
    Course topics include: continuous and discrete linear systems, system function, Fourier transforms, periodic functions, Z transforms, Fourier series, fast Fourier transforms, analog and digital filters, finite order system functions, magnitude characteristics of LTI systems, all-pass systems and properties, digital processing of analog signals, and sampling theorems.

    • Prerequisites: Graduate status and EE 3053.

  • EL6303 Probability (3 credits)
    Course topics include: events, probability, repeated trials, random variables distributions moments, characteristic functions, functions of random variables, sequences of random variables, limit theorems, engineering applications of statistics, mean square estimations, system reliabilities and a project on system parameter estimation.

    • Prerequisites: Graduate status and MA 3102

  • EL6413 Analog & High Frequency Amplifier Design (3 credits)
    Basic semiconductor physics, small-signal low frequency models for bipolar junction transistors, biasing, and temperature compensation techniques. Physics, models, and biasing for field-effect transistors. General treatment of nonlinear controlled sources. High frequency models. Single and multistage broadband small signal amplifiers. Harmonic distortion analysis of amplifiers. Emitter follower analysis at high frequencies. Operational amplifiers, descrete, and analog integrated circuits. Nonlinear Op-Amp applications. Circuit design techniques to increase Op-Amp slew rate.

Choose 2 Sequences (6-12 credits)
  • EL5363 Principles of Communication Networks (3 credits)
    An introductory course in data communications, computer communications and networking. Examples of networks. Data communications principles: transmission, digital and analog data and signaling and encoding. Data communication techniques: asynchronous and synchronous transmission, error detection, data link control and multiplexing. Circuit switching and packet switching, local metropolitan area networks. ISDN and Broadband ISDN, frame relay and other high speed networks. Introduction to protocols, architecture, and Internetworking. Project report on new networking technology.

    Prerequisites: MA 3012 or instructor’s permission.

  • EL5373 Internet Architecture and Protocols (3 credits)
    This course introduces the student to some basic local area networking technologies and protocols in a set of lectures and laboratory experiments. Link level protocols. Local area networks: CSMA/CD, Token Ring, IEEE standards and protocols. The Internet protocol suite: IP, ARP, RARP, ICMP, UDP and TCP. LAN Interconnection: bridges, routers and gateways. Report on an emerging Internet protocol or technology Application protocols: SNMP, FTP, SMTP and NFS.

    Prerequisites: Graduate status and EL 536 (OR EL 5363) or EE 136.

  • EL6373 Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (3 credits)
    Local Area Networks: CSMA/CD, Token Ring, Token Bus: IEEE Standards, protocols and performance analysis. LAN interconnection: Bridges, Routers, Gateways. Metropolitan Area Networks: FDDI, DQDB: Standards and performance analysis. Higher Level Protocols used in LAN/MANs; LAN/MAN management, LAN/MAN interconnection: Frame Relay, ISDN, emerging standards and protocols. Other current topics.

    Prerequisites: Graduate status and EL 536 (OR EL5363) or EE 136.
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  • EL6013 Principles of Digital Communications: Modulation and Coding (3 credits)
    Principles of M-ary communication: signal space methods, optimum detection. Fundamental parameters of digital communication systems, various modulation techniques and their performance in terms of bandwidth efficiency and error probability. Efficient signaling with coded waveforms. Block coding and convolutional coding. Joint modulation and coding.

    Prerequisites: EE 3403 and EL 630 (OR EL 6303)

  • EL6023 Wireless Communications: Channel Modeling and Coding (3 credits)
    Wireless communication channel models and practical techniques for mitigating transmission impairments. Channel Modeling Parameters: Path loss; Fading: long-term vs. short-term fading, flat vs. frequency selective fading, and slow vs. fast fading; Multipath spread parameters: delay spread, angular spread and Doppler spread. Channel Parameter Estimation: training sequence and blind approaches. Mitigation: Mitigation of path loss and fading: Diversity, handoff and power control; Mitigation of intersymbol interference: rake receiver and equalizer; Mitigation of time variation: pilot symbols and dynamic tracking. Processing Techniques: LS, zero forcing, MMSE, LMS, etc.

    Prerequisites:     EE 3404, MA 3012 and programming skill in MATLAB or equivalent.


  • EL6033 Modern Wireless Communication Techniques and Systems (3 credits)
    Multiple Access and Multiplexing Techniques; Spread spectrum and Code division multiple access (CDMA) techniques: Direct sequence, Frequency hopping; Multicarrier techniques: Orthogonal frequency division (OFDM) and Multicarrier CDMA (MC-CDMA). Ultra Wideband communications, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Blue Tooth, etc. A report on one of these new miscellaneous wireless communication systems is required.

    Prerequisites: EE 3403 and EL 630 (OR EL 6303).
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  • EL 6383 High-Speed Networks (3 credits)
    Future broadband networks will be based on SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) standards and ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) techniques. This course covers three layers of broadband network transfer protocols, namely, SONET, ATM, and ATM adaptation layer (AAL), as well as design implementation issues of transporting connectionless data packets (IP datagram and SMDS packets) over ATM networks, signaling/routing, LAN emulation and congestion flow control.

    • Prerequisites: EL 5363.

  • EL 6393 Advanced Network Security (3 credits)
    While the recent proliferation of broadband wireline and wireless networking technologies have substantially increased the available network capacity and enabled a wide-range of feature-rich high-speed communication services, security remains a major concern. Network attacks have become common recurring events which increasingly threaten the proper functioning and continual success of the communication infrastructure and services. One key aspect of mitigating such increasing threats is to develop new security/defense architectures, systems, methodologies and algorithms which can scale together with the communications infrastructure in terms of operating speed, operational simplicity and manageability etc. The goal of the course is to understand the theoretical, architectural, system and implementation issues related to all aspects of security in high-speed networks, and study various proposed solutions. Students are required to read research papers, and complete a term project with either simulation programs to evaluate the proposed schemes, or architecture/VHDL designs for the schemes.

    • Prerequisites: CS 6823 or advisor approval.

  • EL7373 High Peformance Switches and Routers (3 credits)
    This course addresses the basics, the theory, architectures, and technologies to implement high-performance high-speed large-scale routers and switches. The fundamental concepts and technologies of packet forwarding, classification, and switching learned in the class are useful and practical when designing IP routers, Ethernet switches, and optical switches. Topics to be included are: IP Route Lookup, Packet Classification, Packet Scheduling, Buffer Management, Basics of Packet Switching, Output-buffered Switches, Shared-memory Switches, Crosspoint-buffered Switches, Input-buffered Switches, Clos-network Switches, Multi-Stage Buffered Switches, Two-Stage Load-Balanced Switches, Optical Packet Switches, and ASIC for IP Routers.
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  • EL6413 Analog & High Frequency Amplifier Design (3 credits)
    Basic semiconductor physics, small-signal low frequency models for bipolar junction transistors, biasing, and temperature compensation techniques. Physics, models, and biasing for field-effect transistors. General treatment of nonlinear controlled sources. High frequency models. Single and multistage broadband small signal amplifiers. Harmonic distortion analysis of amplifiers. Emitter follower analysis at high frequencies. Operational amplifiers, descrete, and analog integrated circuits. Nonlinear Op-Amp applications. Circuit design techniques to increase Op-Amp slew rate.

  • EL6433 Digital Integrated circuits (3 credits)
    Analysis and design of digital integrated circuits. Circuits analysis of piecewise linear single energy linear single energy storage element networks. Rules for determining states of diodes and transistors. Bipolar junction and feild effect transistors as switches. Basic digital logic gates. Integrated circuit logic and building blocks (TTL, MOS,CMOS,ECL, Integrated Injection Logic). Sweep circuits (Constant current, Miller, boot-strap), Monostable, Astable and Bistable(Schmitt trigger) switiching circuits. Applications (pulse width modulator, triangle wave generator, FM function generator).

Electives (additional 9-15 credits to complete a 30 credit program)

More information can be found on the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department website.
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