Spring 2017
ENSC 427: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

Assignment #5:

Read:
  • A. Leon-Garcia and I. Widjaja: Chapter 3: Digital Transmission Fundamentals

  • Begin working with the Riverbed Modeler Tutorials.
    Run Riverbed Modeler and find link to Tutorials under the Help menu. Open the Tutorial page.
    Select the appropriate tutorial from the menu located on the left-hand side of the page.
        Tutorials > Modeler Tutorials:
        1. Introduction
        2. Small Internetworks
        3. LAN Modeling (availabe as PDF file)
    Note: You may have to make selections using the links located on the left-hand side of the page rather than links displayed in the main portion of the window.
    Modeler Reference material is available from the menu located on the left-hand side of the page.

  • Submit Riverbed Modeler printouts illustrating the seven steps of "Tutorial 2. Small Internetworks" and the seven steps of "Tutorial 3. LAN Modeling."
    Briefly describe the main steps.
    Include time-stamps on the printouts.
    Limit your submission to ten pages (excluding the cover page).

  • Include the cover page. It should only include course title (ENSC 427: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS), term (Spring 2017), assignment number, your full name (last name, first name), your SFU ID, and your SFU email address. This page should not be counted in the required page limit.

  • Project title, abstract, and a list of five references are due February 12, 2017 (midnight: 11:59 PM + 1 minute).

  • Submit the title, short abstract describing your project, and a list of five references on Canvas.
         Include: the team number, full names (last name, first name), email addresses of team members,
         project title, the abstract of your project, and the list of five references for your project.
  • Collect for your records references for your project (either a hard copy or electronic versions).
  • Continue working on the topic for your final project.
  • Browse through past projects.

    Note: Past ENSC 833, ENSC 835, ENSC 894, and ENSC 895 projects have been submitted by graduate students.
    ENSC 427 students will not be expected to deliver the same scope and level of difficulty for their projects.
    These links are provided with the intention to generate ideas and elicit your interest    .

    Text:
    A. Leon-Garcia and I. Widjaja, Communication Networks: Fundamental Concepts and Key Architectures, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, 2004.

    Posted: February 3, 2017
    Due: February 17, 2017 (extended from February 12, 2017)

    Last modified: Sat Feb 18 22:33:14 PST 2017.