Course Description
General introduction to computer networks. Discussion of protocol principles, local area and wide area networking, OSI stack, TCP/IP and quality of service principles. Detailed discussion of topics in medium access control, error control coding, and flow control mechanisms. Introduction to networking simulation, security, wireless and optical networking.
DE Fee
Engineering Online GRAD
DE Program
MS E
Summer I 10W 2026
Instructors
Meeting Patterns
Classes Start:
May 20, 2026
Classes End:
July 31, 2026
Room Number:
[TBA]
Class Days:
[TBA]
Class Type:
Lecture
Credits:
3.00
Restrictions:
Enrollment for this course is through the Engineering Online Registration System. Go to http://go.ncsu.edu/eol_registration