Fall 2011

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.

Class materials will be posted in moodle.njit.edu

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	Wed : noon-1 pm; Mon: 5-6 pm. Others by appointments.

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Grading

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

TOPICS (tentative)

Introduction and Policy; The Internet

Workshop 1: Future Internet Architectures (based on papers selected from IEEE Communications Magazine July 2011 issue)

A Potpourri of Emerging Topics

Wide Area Network Optimization

IPv6 Transitioning

Design Principles for Networked Communities

PONs for Next Generation Broadband Access

Workshop 2: Data Center Architectures (based on SIGCOMM 2011 papers)

TCP Incast

QoE Provisioning

Smart Grid Communications

Texts

Lecture notes and journal articles.

Other references

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