{"id":648,"date":"2009-08-29T15:46:06","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T19:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?page_id=648"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:12:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:12:51","slug":"cs685","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/academic-programs\/courses\/cs685\/","title":{"rendered":"Network Design and Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<style> p {margin-bottom:0px;} .course-feed .cf-course h4 {display: none; white-space: wrap;} .button{width:125px;}<\/style>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"course-feed\"><div class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<h4>Network Design and Management<\/h4>\n\t<p class=\"meta\">MET CS 685 (4 credits)<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p>Prerequisites: METCS535 or METCS625 or consent of instructor. This course will cover contemporary integrated network management based on FCAPS (Fault, Configuration, Administration, Performance, and Security management) model. The introduction to the course will be an overview of data transmission techniques and networking technologies. The middle part of the course will be on Network Management Model, SNMP versions 1, 2 and 3, and MIBs. In the second part of the course, particular focus and emphasis will be given to current network management issues: various wireless networks technologies (WLAN, WiFi, WiMax), Voice-over-IP, Peer-to-Peer Networks, networking services, Identity Management, and Services Oriented Architecture Management.<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS685O2, Mar 10th to Apr 27th 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<th>Days<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Start<\/th>\n\t\t<th>End<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Bldg<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Room<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t<td>ARR<\/td>\n\t<td>12:00 AM<\/td>\n\t<td>12:00 AM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Format &amp; Syllabus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"btn-group\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">On Campus<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/09\/METCS685A1_Fall-2020_Arena.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/10\/CS685-A1-Syllabus-Fall-2025.pdf\">CS685 Fall25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/09\/METCS685A1_Fall-2020_Arena.pdf\">CS685 FALL20<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS685_Fall-2017.pdf\">CS685 FALL17<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2015\/09\/CS685_A1_EL_Fall-20151.pdf\">CS685 FALL15<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">Online<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/03\/CS-685-SP24.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/CS685-Syllabus.pdf\">685 O2 SPRG26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/03\/CS-685-SP24.pdf\">CS685 SPRG24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/08\/MET_CS685-O2_Spring-2022_Ntwk-Des-Mgnt.pdf\">CS685 SPRG22<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS685_O2_Spring-2-2018.pdf\">CS685 SPRG18<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS685_O1_Spring-2017.pdf\">CS685 SPRG17<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\"><button class=\"button\" disabled=\"disabled\">Blended<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfloat\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Format &amp; Syllabus: On Campus CS685 Fall25CS685 FALL20CS685 FALL17CS685 FALL15 Online 685 O2 SPRG26CS685 SPRG24CS685 SPRG22CS685 SPRG18CS685 SPRG17 Blended &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1719,"featured_media":0,"parent":7301,"menu_order":61,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1719"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31207,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/648\/revisions\/31207"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}