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Switching
Engineering & Social Sciences Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: 1/16/25 - 6/4/25
Switching
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Computer Engineering
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 15980
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: Communications Networks and Services
DESCRIPTION
This is a basic course of introduction to switching communications networks that are studied in the basic technologies that let you design, configure and operate the nodes that form a communications network.
The program is divided into four parts:
PART ONE: Introduction to the different types of switching networks.
PART TWO: simple and complex architecture of switching networks. Digital circuit switches, cells, packets, bursts and labels. Buffering alternatives.
PART THREE: Elements of quality of service in packet switches.
PART FOUR: Switching core network. Label Switching: Technology and Applications: Traffic Engineering, Fast Recovery and Virtual Private Networks. Optical Switching.
The program is divided into four parts:
PART ONE: Introduction to the different types of switching networks.
PART TWO: simple and complex architecture of switching networks. Digital circuit switches, cells, packets, bursts and labels. Buffering alternatives.
PART THREE: Elements of quality of service in packet switches.
PART FOUR: Switching core network. Label Switching: Technology and Applications: Traffic Engineering, Fast Recovery and Virtual Private Networks. Optical Switching.