Entry-level graduate course. Basic systems support for process-to-process communications across a computer network. The TCP/IP protocol suite and the Berkeley sockets application programs interface. The topics include congestion control, packet scheduling, routing, software defined networking, datacenter networks, network function virtualization, programmable switches, network measurement, remote direct memory access, residential networks, peer-to-peer networks, and content distribution networks. Recommended prerequisite: entry-level computer systems course (Computer Science 310, 356, 510); knowledge of the C or Python.
Department of Computer Science