EECS 6590A - High Performance Computer Networks

Fall 2018, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science , York University (Toronto, Canada)

News

September 5: First class, 16:00-17:30, in BERG 211 (Bergeron Building). All graduate students are welcome to audit the course. Please bring the first set of notes to class.

Course Outline

This course focuses on various aspects of wireless ad-hoc networks, namely architectures, routing, medimum access control, security, data link and transport issues, and performance evaluations. We also cover multicast and multimedia applications. Students will also learn and practice practical skills needed for their graduate studies such as writing research papers, making slides for presentations, and presenting their work at seminars, conferences and thesis defenses.

Lecture Schedule

Monday and Wednesday, 16:00-17:30, in BERG 211

Course schedule

Lecture notes

Instructor

Uyen Trang (U.T.) Nguyen
Office: LAS-2024 (Lassonde Building)
Phone: (416) 736-2100 ext. 33274
Email: utn @ cse . yorku . ca
Office hours: TBA

Grading Scheme

References

Ad Hoc Wireless Networks : Architectures and Protocols
by C. Siva Ram Murthy and B.S. Manoj
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (2004)
ISBN: 013147023X

Wireless Mesh Networking: Architectures, Protocols and Standards
by Yan Zhang, Jijun Luo and Honglin Hu (Editor)
Publisher: Auerbach (December 2006)
ISBN: 0849373999

Wireless Mesh Networks
by Ian Akyildiz and Xudong Wang
Publisher: Wiley (March 2009)
ISBN: 0470032561