EECE 2540 — Fundamentals of Networks

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: M/W/ThBostonTraditional

Presents an overview of modern communication networks. The concept of a layered network architecture is used as a framework for understanding the principal functions and services required to achieve reliable end-to-end communications. Topics include service interfaces and peer-to-peer protocols, a comparison of the OSI (open system interconnection) reference model to the TCP/IP (Internet) and IEEE LAN (local area network) architectures, network-layer and transport-layer issues, and important emerging technologies such as Bluetooth and ZigBee.

Prerequisites

one of:
- EECE 2140 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
- CS 2100 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
- CIS 201M

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Fall 2023	2	85	96	89%	5.5
Spring 2024	2	103	130	79%	13.5
Summer A 2024	1	12	40	30%	28.0
Fall 2024	2	103	103	100%	0.0
Spring 2025	2	90	101	89%	5.5
Summer A 2025	1	16	40	40%	24.0
Fall 2025	2	109	112	97%	1.5
Spring 2026	2	110	130	85%	10.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 74% · T 4% · W 85% · Th 65% · F 0%

Common patterns: MWR (53% of sections), W (19% of sections), MW (9% of sections), MR (8% of sections), S (7% of sections), MTWR (4% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

EECE 4790, EECE 4791, EECE 5155, EECE 5512, EECE 5641

Courses that list EECE 2540 in their prerequisites.

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