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Welcome to the Education Page! Here you will find current information about Networking related courses taught here at UMass and at other area colleges, in addition to other education related info.
Courses being taught during Spring 2001
CMPSCI 691S: Mobile and Wireless NetworkingCMPSCI
Mobile and wireless networks have been undergoing rapid growth in the past several years. This seminar covers topics ranging from physical layer to application layer in the wireless and mobile networking fields. In this seminar, we will explore the physical layer issues of the wireless communications, wireless cellular telephony, ad-hoc networks, mobile IP and multicast, wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11), security, Bluetooth and WAP, etc. The purpose of this seminar course is that by reading the selected paper and book chapters, people gain general knowledge about wireless communication technologies, as well as the ongoing research activities.
Online Courses
CMPSCI 653: Computer Networking
The full version of this course (audio as well as slides) is available to anyone online. It was put online using software called MANIC which was developed here in the Department of Computer Science at UMass. The only requirement is that you have the RealPlayer plug-in installed in your browser (which is freely available). To access this course and get specific instructions click here.Online Books
Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet by Jim Kurose