Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2018

     

ELEC 529 001 (CRN: 20990)

ADVANCED COMPUTER NETWORKS

Long Title: ADVANCED COMPUTER NETWORKS
Department: Electrical & Computer Eng.
Instructor: Ng, T. S. Eugene
Meeting: 10:50AM - 12:05PM TR DCH 1042 (8-JAN-2018 - 20-APR-2018) 
Session: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 4
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
 
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Prerequisites: COMP 429 OR ELEC 429
Section Max Enrollment: 39
Section Enrolled: 0
Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 39
Total Cross-list Enrolled: 2
Enrollment data as of: 2-DEC-2023 3:14PM
 
Additional Fees: None
 
Final Exam: GR Course-Dept Schedules Exam
 
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: COMP 529.