Course Code :         CEN 449        

Course  Title :         Broadband & High speed Networks.

Credit Hours :         3 (3+0)                       

Level:                      Eighth

Prerequisite :          CEN 445

 

MAN networks and standards: Fiber distributed data Interface (FDDI) architecture and protocols,  Giga Ethernet architecture protocols and standards, DQDB, ATM; High-speed WAN: introduction to broadband Integrated service digital networks (B-ISDN) concepts, architecture , standards and services, ATM network protocols, services , layering and architecture, SONET /SDH  layers, configuration, and frames, Frame relay operation, layers and frames; Broadband Wireless networks: wireless ATM, IEEE 802.11, HIPERLAN.

 

Textbook: Local and Metropolitan Area Networks .William Stalling. Prentice Hall, Fifth  Edition  2000