EE 60554 - Communication Networks
Spring 2020



Syllabus (pdf)
 
 

Instructor:

Dr. Martin Haenggi
274 Fitzpatrick
631-6103 / haenggi.1@nd.edu

Class Hours:

TH 09:30 - 10:45am in DeBartolo 208 (no class on Jan 28 - subject to change)

Textbook:

No required text. Course materials will be made available.
We will mainly draw on

  • Data Networks (2nd Edition) by Bertsekas/Gallager, Prentice-Hall, 1992


Other suggested reading:

Topics covered:

  • review of networking fundamentals (OSI layers, TCP/IP)
  • queueing models and theory
  • network calculus (application of min-plus algebra to packet networks)

Project:

Is "Age of Information" something new?

Exams:

Midterm and final exam

Grading:

Homework: 10%
Midterms: 25+25%
Project: 10%
Final (oral): 30%


 

M. Haenggi, 01-13-20. Last change 01-13-20.