Networks and Mobile Systems

Catalog description

This is a graduate level course on computer networks and mobile systems. This is a capstone class which will be programming and network analysis intensive. In this class, we will teach the design and implementation techniques essential for engineering both robust networks and mobile systems. The class will cover two sets of topics. The first part of the class will focus on core networking concepts pertaining to the Internet including Internet architecture, routing protocols, congestion control, software defined networks, overlay, P2P and data center networking. The second part will cover concepts in wireless and mobile systems where we will cover topics pertaining to wireless MAC protocols, cellular networks, mobile cloud computing, mobile sensing and Internet of things. Prerequisites: A course in undergraduate networks and/or operating systems; programming experience in C/C++ or Java is helpful for the final project.