This course is part of the Computer Communications Specialization

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Computer Communications SpecializationUniversity of Colorado System

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In this course, we deal with the general issues regarding packet switching networks. We discuss packet networks from two perspectives. One perspective involves external view of the network, and is concerned with services that the network provides to the transport layer that operates above it at the end systems. The second perspective is concerned with the internal operation of a network, including approaches directing information across the network, addressing and routing procedures, as well as congestion control inside the network.

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Xiaobo Zhou

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College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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Week

Week 1

4 hours to complete

Frame Switching and Packet Switching

4 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 21 min), 5 readings, 2 quizzes

4 videos

Welcome2m

Bridges and Data Link Layer Switching6m

Network Layer Services and Topology6m

Packet Switching: Datagrams5m

5 readings

Reference Books10m

Lecture Slide - Bridges and Data Link Layer Switching30m

Lecture Slide - Network Layer Services and Topology30m

Lecture Slide - Packet Switching: Datagrams30m

End-to-end argument in system design (Required)1h

2 practice exercises

Practice Assessment - Frame Switching and Packet Switching20m

Graded Assessment - Frame Switching and Packet Switching20m

Week

Week 2

5 hours to complete

Routing in Packet Networks

5 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 18 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes

3 videos

Packet Switching: Virtual Circuits5m

Routing in Packet Networks6m

Shortest Path Routing- Distance Vector5m

4 readings

Lecture Slide - Packet Switching: Virtual Circuits30m

Lecture Slide - Routing in Packet Networks30m

Lecture Slide - Shortest Path Routing: Distance Vector30m

The Network Layer (Required)2h

2 practice exercises

Practice Assessment - Routing in Packet Networks16m

Graded Assessment - Routing in Packet Networks20m

Week

Week 3

3 hours to complete

Shortest-Path Routing

3 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 22 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes

4 videos

Shortest Path Routing- Link State5m

Dijkstra Algorithm4m

Link State Routing, ATM Networks5m

RIP and OSPF6m

4 readings

Lecture Slide - Shortest Path Routing- Link State30m

Lecture Slide - Dijkstra Algorithm30m

Lecture Slide - Link State Routing, ATM Networks30m

Lecture Slide - RIP and OSPF30m

2 practice exercises

Practice Assessment - Shortest-Path Routing20m

Graded Assessment - Shortest-Path Routing20m

Week

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Traffic Management

4 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 24 min), 5 readings, 2 quizzes

4 videos

Packet level – Scheduling and QoS5m

Packet level – Fair Queueing and RED6m

Flow level – Leaky Bucket Policing6m

Traffic Shaping by Token Bucket5m

5 readings

Lecture Slide - Packet level: Scheduling and QoS30m

Lecture Slide - Packet level: Fair Queueing and RED30m

Lecture Slide - Flow level: Leaky Bucket Policing30m

Lecture Slide - Traffic Shaping by Token Bucket30m

Random early detection gateways for congestion avoidance30m

2 practice exercises

Practice Assessment - Traffic Management30m

Graded Assessment - Traffic Management30m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM PACKET SWITCHING NETWORKS AND ALGORITHMS

by VSMay 8, 2020

Course videos were pretty much monotonous.

Assignments were pretty good and challenging.

by DDMay 4, 2020

Simply awesome.Content,Assignments everything is very good.Learned a lot.

by SMMay 16, 2020

Very useful course, gained knowledge in Deapth about computer networks

by SGMay 4, 2021

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About the Computer Communications Specialization

This specialization is developed for seniors and fresh graduate students to understand fundamental network architecture concepts and their impacts on cyber security, to develop skills and techniques required for network protocol design, and prepare for a future of constant change through exposure to network design alternatives. Students will require a prior knowledge of C programming, an understanding of math probability and a computer science background is a plus.

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