University: San Jose State University
Name of Sponsoring Professor: Nader F. Mir
Department: Electrical Engineering

Teaching

EE181. Fundamentals of Internetworking

Communication concepts: circuit switching and packet switching, Algorithms, implementation of the OSI models and switching architectures, physical media, LAN architectures and components, Ethernet, FDDI, TCP/IP and layered reference models.

EE282 (EE296R). Data Network Modeling & Analysis

Basic Modeling of Networks, Lee’s Graph Models, Lee’s Blocking Probability in Communication Networks. Queueing Theory and Applications in Networking, Little’s Law, Morkov Chain, M/M/ Models, General Distribution M/G/ models and Deterministic Service-Time Distribution M/D/ Models. Networks of Queues, Jackson Theory. Performance of Local Area Networks and Wide-Area Networks and Evaluations in Terms of Delay, Throughput, and Packet Loss. Simulation Methods: Simulation through OPNET: Algorithms, OSI Models and Switches, and TCP/IP

EE283. High-Speed Networks

Traffic Characterization for Broadband Networks, Traffic Management, Congestion Control Mechanisms, and Band-Width Allocation Methods in High-Speed networks, MPLS, High-Speed Switch Architectures, Multicasting Techniques in High-Speed Networks, Optical Networks and WDM Techniques

Research

Analysis of computer communication networks

Design and analysis of switching systems

Network design for wireless and telecommunication systems

Applications of digital integrated circuits in computer communications