Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2016-2017
COMP 529 - ADVANCED COMPUTER NETWORKS
Long Title: ADVANCED COMPUTER NETWORKS
Department: Computer Science
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 4
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Prerequisite(s): COMP 429 OR ELEC 429
Description: This course explores advanced solutions in computer networks that are driven by the need to go beyond the best-effort capabilities of the Internet. Topics include network fault tolerance, traffic engineering, scalable data center network architectures, network support for big data processing, network support for cloud computing, extensible network control via software defined networking, denial-of-service-attack defense mechanisms. Readings from original research papers. Also include design project and oral presentation components. This course assumes students already have a good understanding of the best-effort Internet. Cross-list: ELEC 529.
Course URL: http://www.clear.rice.edu/comp529/