Network Systems Design

Catalog description

Prerequisites: GET 310, ESC 151 or equivalent, EET 450 or equivalent. This course involves the electronic hardware of networking systems such as those used to connect heterogeneous computers. Major topics include locality, topologies, media standards, internetworking devices and protocols. Hands-on application of network theory is provided via a laboratory style term project involving a multi-user networked computer system. The student will design and develop the hardware and communication software required to implement access to a network available, shared resource.