Network in a Box: Facilitating problem-based learning through network emulation

Computer Applications in Engineering Education

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 433-446

  Ozturk, Yusuf ^a  

^a AGC Paul S Roel Chair in Construction Engineering and Management   (United States)

Author keywords

distributed applications; network emulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS CURRICULA; DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS; ENGINEERING COURSE; ENGINEERING-ORIENTED; LEARN HOW TO LEARN; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LOW LEVEL; NETWORK EMULATION; NETWORK EMULATORS; NETWORK IMPAIRMENTS; OFF-THE-SHELF HARDWARES; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARES; PACKET FILTERING; PACKET INJECTION; PACKET PROCESSING; PEDAGOGICAL METHOD; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS; REAL-WORLD PROBLEM; REALTIME PROCESSING; SAN DIEGO; STUDENT TEAMS;

CURRICULA; INTERNET; PACKET NETWORKS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 80051509144     PISSN: 10613773     EISSN: 10990542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cae.20322     Document Type: Article

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