This course
will focus on internet and its architecture: public switched networks,
ISP architectures and services, value added services, and ISP creation
costs. Internet services business models: peering arrangements, NAPs and
traffic exchange, accounting, and Internet2 and GigaPOPPs. Information
retrieval architecture, design, and performance evaluation: search
engines, proxy servers, and content distribution networks. Technologies
and protocols for QoS support in the Internet. Development of web
services.