ENSC 833/CMPT 885 HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORKS

Spring 2001
ENSC 833: NETWORK PROTOCOLS AND PERFORMANCE
CMPT 885: SPECIAL TOPICS: HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORKS

(3-0-0)

TOPICS HOMEWORK EXAMS TEXTBOOKS SCHEDULE

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Course description: This course covers the techniques needed to understand and analyze modern data communications networks. It covers the basic architecture of packet networks and their network elements (switches, routers, bridges), and the protocols used to enable transmission of packets through the network. It addresses techniques for collection, characterization, and modeling of traffic in packet networks. It covers aspects of traffic management, such as various call admission control and congestion control algorithms in high-speed packet networks and the influence of traffic on network performance.

This is a project oriented graduate course. Students will be introduced to various algorithms and software tools for simulating packet networks: Opnet (Mil 3), ns-2 network simulator (Lawrence Berkeley Labs), Ptolemy (UC Berkeley), and AutoClass (NASA). Tools for statistical analysis of traffic data will be also available (Splus).

Pre-requisites: Successful completion of ENSC 427-3 or permission of the instructor.

TOPICS:

History and networking principles
Network services: organization
Network protocols: Ethernet, Internet, Token rings, FDDI
Circuit-switched networks
Packet networks: wired and wireless ATM networks
ATM networks: switching, scheduling, naming, and addressing, routing, error control, flow control
Traffic collection, modeling, and characterization
Traffic management
Connection admission control algorithms
Congestion control algorithms
Simulation tools for evaluating network performance: Opnet, NS, Ptolemy.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS:

Assignment #13

EXAMS:
Three short quizzes.

1. Tuesday, February 6.

2. Thursday, March 1.

3. Tuesday, April 3.

PROJECT REPORTS, PRESENTATIONS, AND DEMOS:

Web page describing your project, five references, and one interim report due March 8, 2001 (midnight).

Project class presentations will be held in class on March 27, March 29, and April 5, 2001.

Demos will be scheduled during the weeks of April 2 (if necessary) and 9 (regular schedule), 2001.

Final written report (hard copy and Web pages) are due on April 13, 2001 (midnight).
The final project grading policy
Sign-up sheet for the presentations
Sign-up sheet for the demos

GRADING:
Quizzes 15%, class participation 10%, class presentations 15%, demo presentation 15%, final project 45%.
Click here to see your attendance records, your scores, and the distribution charts.

TEXTBOOKS:
Required text:

J. Walrand and P. Varaiya, High-performance Communication Networks, Second edition, Morgan Kaufmann, 2000.

Spring 2001 ENSC 833: NETWORK PROTOCOLS AND PERFORMANCE CMPT 885: SPECIAL TOPICS: HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORKS

Spring 2001
ENSC 833: NETWORK PROTOCOLS AND PERFORMANCE
CMPT 885: SPECIAL TOPICS: HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORKS