Spring 2017
ENSC 427: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

Assignment #6:

Read:
  • A. Leon-Garcia and I. Widjaja: Chapter 4: Circuit-Switching Networks

  • Continue 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:
        4. Web Reporting (available as PDF file)
        5. Importing Traffic
        5a. Productivity Features (optional: new in v.18.0 and v.18.5)
        6. M/M/1 Queue
    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 each step of the Web Reporting, Importing Traffic, and M/M/1 Queue Riverbed Modeler Tutorials.
    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.

  • Web page describing your project including the list of five references is due on February 19, 2017 (midnight: 11:59 PM + 1 minute). Submit the printout of the web page. Send the URL of the page to ljilja at cs.sfu.ca.

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

    Posted: February 10, 2017
    Due: February 24, 2017 (extended from February 19, 2017)

    Last modified: Mon Feb 20 13:57:31 PST 2017.