Fall 2008

ECE788 Advanced Topics in Broadband Networks
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology

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By default, a small quiz will be given at the beginning of each class.

This is the first attempt to deliver the course on a hybrid mode. On-line materials and discussions will be delivered via moodle.njit.edu and via virtual classroom, njedgelive.wimba.com.

Future announcments

Nirwan Ansari
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Newark College of Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Office	343ECEC
E-mail	nirwan.ansari@njit.edu
Phone	(973) 596-3670
Fax	(973) 596-5680
Office Hours	Tue:5-6pm; Wed: 1-2 pm. Others by appointments.

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Grading

Grading: Quizzes 25%; Assignments & Class Participation 35%; Term Project 40%.

TOPICS (tentative)

Next Generation Broadband

A Potpourri of Hot Topics

Oblivoius Routing

Adaptive End-to-End QoS Provisioning for Next Generation Networks

IP over Optical Networks

Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching

Passive Optical Networks

Congestion Control in Heterogeneous Networks

Tracing and Mitigating Distributed Denial of Service Attacks

DeterLab

Network Coding

QoS in Multimedia Communications

Networking for Critical Conditions

Telemedicine

Texts

Lecture notes and journal articles.

Other references

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[Course infomation|What's New|Additional Readings|Assignment| |Useful Resources]