CEN 534   LAN Protocols and Performance                                         3(3+0)

Standards for local area networks.  Performance analysis measures.  Contention-based protocols: ALOHA, CSMA and variations.  Demand-assignment protocols: polling, token passing, packet reservation multiple access.  Fixed-assignment protocols: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA.  Optical networks.  Wireless networks. Analysis, queuing models, and simulation of some representative LAN protocols.