This senior-level laboratory course will focus on tools, techniques used in the design and analysis of computer networks and protocols. Tools developed in the course include simulation, animation, visualization, experiment design, trace collection/analysis, experimentation with a combination of Linux and Cisco routers, protocol development on Linux, and modular router development platforms (Linux-based "Click" router platform and the Intel IXA platform). Each tool will be developed in a networking protocol context. Example contexts include TCP reliable transport, TCP congestion control, routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, BGP), traffic management, network management and 802.11 wireless networks. The course will also have a term project that involves a networking "theme" which has to be designed and analyzed through an assortment of tools learnt in class.

Co-requisite: ECSE-4670; Pre-requisite: C programming skills.