CS576/EE536 - LANs Course Syllabus and Schedule

1. Sept. 11       Introduction, LANS, MANS,              ST1
                   & ISO Reference Model
 
2. Sept. 18       Preliminaries: Data Communications     ST2
                  Concepts

3. Sept. 25       LAN/MANs Topologies and Transmission   ST3 & 4
                  Media 

4. Oct.  2        Basic Queuing Theory                   Handout

5. Oct.  9        Aloha, CSMA                            T3.3.1, Handout

6. Oct.  16       CSMA/CD, Ethernet and Performance      ST5.3
                  Analysis                               ST9.1

7. Oct.  23       Mid-Term (2 Hours)

8. Oct.  30       Token Passing - Ring and Bus           ST5.4
                  Performance Analysis                   ST9.2

9. Nov. 6         FDDI, FDDI-II, DQDB                    ST6

10. Nov. 13       Circuit-Switched LANS,                 ST7
                  Digital PBX 

11. Nov. 20       Internetworking:Bridge, Routers       ST10
                  & Hubs

12. Nov. 27       High Speed LANS - ATM

13. Dec. 4        Networks Management SNMP               ST11

14. Dec. 11       FINAL EXAM