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ECE-5565: Network Architecture and Protocols

Description: 5565: Principles and concepts of networking and protocols, with emphasis on data link, network, and transport protocols. Contemporary and emerging networks and protocols to illustrate concepts and to provide insight into practical networks including the Internet. Quantitative and qualitative comparisons of network architectures and protocols. 5566: Performance evaluation, design, and management of networks. Use of queuing and other analytical methods, simulation, and experimental methods to evaluate and design networks and protocols. Network management architectures and protocols. Graduate standing in EE, ECE, CS, or IT is required.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: STAT-4714

Required By: ECE-5566, ECE-6564

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: CS-5565

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 43

Average GPA: 3.48 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 48.65%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Yaling Yang202165.6%32.9%1.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%3.6411
Nainay Mustafa Y El201193.8%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.792
Amitabh Mishra200671.3%20.9%7.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.562
Mohamed Y Eltoweissy200949.0%35.8%13.1%0.0%2.0%0.0%3.287
Thomas C Clancy201355.0%40.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.442
Yao Liang200659.7%37.3%0.0%0.0%3.0%0.0%3.473
Shaddi H Hasan202341.6%45.8%4.2%0.0%8.3%0.0%3.052
Srinidhi Varadarajan2011100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.981
Yiwei T Hou201470.6%29.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.654
Haining Wang201971.5%28.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.671
Liguang Xie201597.2%2.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.841
Staff Silva201134.0%41.2%21.3%1.1%2.3%0.0%3.002
Scott F Midkiff200573.1%21.2%3.8%0.0%1.9%0.0%3.621
Godmar V Back201250.0%10.0%30.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%3.002
Wu Chun Feng200740.0%60.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.401
Allen B Mackenzie200550.0%50.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.551

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