This course studies computer networks and the services built on top of them.
Topics include packet-switch and multi-access networks, routing and flow
control, congestion control and quality-of-service, Internet protocols (IP,
TCP, BGP), the client-server model and RPC, elements of distributed systems
(naming, security, caching) and the design of network services (multimedia,
peer-to-peer networks, file and web servers, content distribution networks).
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<B>Prerequisite: COS 217.</b>