ECE 716Communication Security
- Units
- 0.50
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Engineering
ECE 716 as listed in the Fall 2025 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.
This course introduces some timely topics in communications security. It covers the advanced topics on cryptography, encryption and authentication, homomorphic encryption, cryptanalysis, provable security, network security mechanisms and protocols, network access authentication, radio air link protection, privacy in radio frequency identification systems, game theory and security in wireless spectrum sharing, attacks, and hardware protections.
Prerequisites
- Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
- ECE409
- ECE498
Antirequisites
- Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in:
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
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