CS 5390 : Network Architecture and Applications

CS 5390: Network Architecture and Applications

Semester Hours:   3.0
Contact Hours:   3
Coordinator:   Ray Kresman
Text:   Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach
Author(s):   KUROS AND ROSS
Year:   2017, 7th edition

SPECIFIC COURSE INFORMATION

Catalog Description

Layered architectures and protocols. TCP/IP protocol suite. Client-server communication paradigm. Application architectures such as push and pull technologies, web services, cloud and microservices, multimedia. Scalability and performance. Prerequisite: Full Admission to MS in CS program or consent of department. Credit cannot be earned for both CS 4390 or CS 5390.

Course type: REQUIRED

SPECIFIC COURSE GOALS

• Justify the need for, and describe the working of, layered protocol suites, such as TCP/IP.
• Develop client-server applications using TCP/IP.
• Assemble/disassemble packets and translate address as it traverses networks.
• Solve sample problems using popular routing protocols.
• Motivate the need for and summarize the details of service architectures, such as web services and micro-services.
• Describe the details, including payload types and synchronization of multimedia application protocols.
• Explain and distinguish the various service types supported by internet applications – for example, best effort, streaming.
• Construct the working of certain types of congestion control mechanisms.
• I can analyze relevant research and communicate my findings.

LIST OF TOPICS COVERED

• Layered Protocol Architectures (~ 5%)
  • TCP/IP and OSI
• TCP/IP (~ 10%)
  • LAN and other components
  • Service view
  • TCP vs UDP, and more
  • Packet formats
• Client-server Applications (~ 15%)
  • Thread vs Process
  • Sockets, RPC, etc
  • Scalability
• Transport and Routing (~ 15%)
  • Reliable vs. unreliable transfer
  • Congestion control
  • Routing protocols
• Service Architectures (~ 15%)
  • Web services
  • Microservices
  • P2P and others
• Multimedia (~ 10%)
  • Real-time/streaming, VoIP
  • Quality of Service
• Wireless Communication (~ 10%)
  • Wi-Fi
  • Cell networks
• Media and Performance (~ 10%)
  • Signal strength
  • Compression and error detection
  • Delay, loss, throughput
• Emerging/Future Trends (~ 10%)
  • Parallel and distributed computing
  • Security
  • Others