{"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. Explore network design and management principles as you work through specific design areas within a Content Delivery Network (CDN). You will start with an in-depth understanding of customer needs and requirements gathering as it relates to today\u2019s implementation of Voice, Video, and Data services delivered via a CDN. This design will encompass transmission and modulation techniques such as payload structure for Optical and multi-GigaBit Ethernet circuits. The FCAPS Network Management model will also be implemented in a real world architecture.<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p class=\"\"><em>2026FALLMETCS685A1, Sep 2nd to Dec 10th 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>M<\/td>\n\t<td>06:00 PM<\/td>\n\t<td>08:45 PM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td>PHO<\/td>\n\t<td>201<\/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}]}}