Spring 2009
ENSC 835: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
CMPT 885: SPECIAL TOPICS: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
(3-0-0)
TOPICS
WEEK IN REVIEW
ASSIGNMENTS
EXAMS
TEXTBOOKS
SCHEDULE
STAFF
PROJECTS
TOOLS
WEB SITES
INFO
Current count of email messages related to ENSC 835 exchanged this term:
211.
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 (OPNET Technologies), ns-2 network simulator
(Lawrence Berkeley Labs),
Ptolemy (UC Berkeley), and AutoClass (NASA).
S-PLUS (Insightful) tool for statistical analysis
of traffic data will be also available.
Pre-requisites:
Successful completion of ENSC 427-3 or permission of the instructor.
TOPICS:
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Computer Networks and the Internet
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history and networking principles
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network services and organization
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network protocols (Ethernet, Internet, Token rings, FDDI)
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circuit-switched networks
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packet-switched networks (wired, wireless, Internet, ATM)
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switching, scheduling, naming, and addressing,
routing, error control, flow control.
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Introduction to simulation tools for evaluating network performance
- OPNET: tutorial and case studies (GPRS, M-TCP)
- ns-2: tutorial and case studies (mapping the Internet)
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Application Layer
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Transport Layer
- case study: modeling TCP/RED
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Network Layer
- case study: analysis of BGP
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Link Layer and Local Area Networks
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Analyzing Internet topology
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Wireless and Mobile Networks
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Traffic collection, characterization, and modeling
WEEK IN REVIEW:
1. January 5, 2009
2. January 12, 2009
3. January 19, 2009
4. January 26, 2009
5. February 2, 2009
6. February 9, 2009
7. February 16, 2009
8. February 23, 2009
9. March 2, 2009
10. March 9, 2009
11. March 16, 2009
12. March 23, 2009
13. March 30, 2009
ASSIGNMENTS:
Posted weekly by Friday. Due by the following Friday.
Assignment #1
Assignment #2
Assignment #3
Assignment #4
Assignment #5
Assignment #6 (early posting)
Assignment #7
Assignment #8
Assignment #9
Assignment #10
Assignment #11
Assignment #12
Assignment #13
EXAMS:
Two quizzes:
1. Thursday, February 12, 2009 in WMC 2507
2. Thursday, April 2, 2009 in WMC 2507
PROJECT REPORTS, PRESENTATIONS, AND DEMOS:
Web page
describing your project, five references, and one interim report due
March 15, 2009 (midnight).
Project class presentations will be held in class on
Thursday, April 2 (revised from April 6), 2009.
Demos will be scheduled during the week of
April 13, 2009.
Final written report (electronic version, hard copy, and Web pages) are due on
April 19, 2009 (midnight: 11:59 PM + 1 minute).
(Please note that there is an after-hours drop-off box at the entrance
door of the ENSC main office.)
The final project grading policy
The final project grading form (all)
The final project grading form (presentation)
The final project grading form (demo)
The final project grading form (report)
Presentation schedule
Demo schedule
GRADING:
Quizzes 15 % (Quiz #1 = 5% and Quiz #2 = 10 %), class presentation 15%, demo presentation 15%, and final project 55%.
TEXTBOOKS:
Recommended reading:
J. Kurose and K. W. Ross,
Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 4/E
Addison Wesley, 2008.
J. Kurose and K. W. Ross,
Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet: 3/E,
Addison Wesley, 2005.
J. Walrand and P. Varaiya,
High-performance Communication Networks, 2/e,
Morgan Kaufmann, 2000
   
(online version).
A. Leon-Garcia and I. Widjaja,
Communication Networks: Fundamental Concepts and Key Architectures,
2nd edition,
McGraw-Hill, 2004.
S. Keshav,
Engineering Approach to Computer Networking: ATM Networks, the Internet, and the Telephone Network,
Addison Wesley, 1997.
J. Walrand,
Communication Networks, A First Course, 2/e,
McGraw-Hill, 1998.
D. Bertsekas and R. Gallager,
Data Networks, Second edition,
Prentice Hall, 1992.
L. L. Peterson and B. Davie,
Computer Networks, A Systems Approach, 3rd edition,
Morgan Kaufmann, 1999.
Other related sources:
T. G. Robertazzi,
Computer Networks and Systems,
Queuing Theory and Performance Evaluation, Third edition,
Springer Verlag, 2000.
M. De Prycker,
Asynchronous Transfer Mode: Solutions for Broadband ISDN,
Ellis Horwood, 1991.
I. Katzela,
Modeling and Simulating Communication Networks,
A Hands-on Approach Using OPNET,
Prentice Hall, 1999.
Check the status of the books on reserve for
ENSC 835
by typing "ENSC 835" (with the space) in the search window.
JOURNALS:
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
IEEE Network, The magazine of global information exchange
IEEE Communications Magazine
ACM Computer Communication Review
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
SCHEDULE:
Lectures:
TTh 19:00 - 20:20 in WMC 2507 (note the room change)
Ljiljana Trajkovic ljilja at cs.sfu.ca
Projects:
ENSC Graduate Computer room: ASB 10802 (open lab).
PROFESSOR:
TEACHING ASSISTANT:
COMPUTING HELP:
PROJECTS:
ENSC 835/CMPT 885 Spring '09 projects
Samples of past projects:
Research with OPNET at SFU
ENSC 835/CMPT 885 Spring '08 project
ENSC 835/CMPT 885 Spring '06 projects
ENSC 835/CMPT 885 Fall '03 projects
ENSC 833/CMPT 885 Spring '03 projects
ENSC 835/CMPT 885 Spring '02 projects
ENSC 833/CMPT 885 Spring '01 projects
ENSC 894/CMPT 885 Spring '00 projects
Instructions for in class presentations
of your ENSC 835/CMPT 885 final projects
Instructions for writing
ENSC 835/CMPT 885 final project reports
SOFTWARE TOOLS:
ENSC and CMPT host names
Running tools remotely
Setting the environments:
OPNET:
version 14.0.A,
version 12.0.A,
version 11.0.A,
and
version 10.5.A
ns-2
Ptolemy
AutoClass
Splus
ns-2 simulator and
documentation
BlueHoc: Bluetooth Performance Evaluation Tool
Network Designer (NetDes) with ns Java applet
OPNET main page
Autoclass
Ptolemy
J-Sim (formerly known as JavaSim)
Omnet++
S-PLUS for Unix or Linux
and
S-PLUS for Windows
TRAFFIC TRACES:
Locally available short traces:
Star Wars data:
VBR Frames:
trace
and its
description.
MPEG Frames:
trace
and its
description.
Trace for ns
StarWars trace for ns (14 MBytes)
and its
description.
News recorded video data:
news.IPB,
news.I,
news.P,
news.B,
and their description.
Short extracts from Bellcore Ethernet traces:
tpAug89_2000.TL,
pOct89_2000.TL,
OctExt_2000.TL,
and their description.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)
Email messages with hints and answers to some frequently asked questions:
FAQ in 2009
FAQ in 2008
FAQ in 2006
FAQ in 2003
FAQ in 2002
FAQ in 2001
FAQ in 2000
WEB SITES OF INTEREST:
Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, 2/e
Communication Networks Laboratory and
More about Communication Networks Laboratory
UCB EE228a Communication Networks: Internet, Ethernet, ATM Slides
    In case you have problems accessing it from UCB, here is
the local file.
Online courses:
Prof. Shiv Kalyanaraman's Online Audio and
Video Lectures on Computer Networking
Acronyms:
Dictionary of Acronyms in Communications and Informatics (DACI)
http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov:80/fs-1037/
http://www.csrstds.com/acro-a-d.html
General references:
What is page
Documents:
Internet Requests for Comments (RFC) site:
IETF
Organizations:
International Telecommunication Union
The Internet Engineering Task Force
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
Internet Telephony Consortium (ITC)
Gigabit Ethernet Alliance
Digital Audio Visual Council (DAVIC)
Forums:
ATM Forum
ADSL Forum
Frame Relay Forum (FRF)
Intelligent Network Forum (IN Forum)
Multiservice Switching Forum (MSF)
European ISDN User Forum
North American ISDN Users Forum (NIUF)
Wireless LAN Interoperability Forum (WLIF)
Other resources:
Telecom information resources on the Internet
MPLS Resource Center
MPLS Vendor Information
World of SNMP and Network Management
Optical Networking Page
The SONET Home Page
Signaling System 7 (SS7)
High Speed Networks and ATM Info Page
Cell Relay Retreat
Protocols for Adaptive Mobile and Wireless Networking
CDMA Development Group
PSC Networking Research Group
British Telecom Global Reports
National Laboratory for Applied Network Research (NLANR)
End-end Internet performance assessments
Cisco networking page
Daily news of interest:
Wired News: DoS: Defense Is the Best Offense
ADSL FAQ
Tools:
Ethereal: A network protocol analyzer
GNU Zebra: Free routing software
Sites with traffic traces:
StarWars traces from Telcordia (not available)
StarWars trace for ns (not available)
MPEG-4 and H.263 encoded videos from TU Berlin
MPEG-1 video traces from University of Wuerzburg
MPEG-1 and Motion JPEG traces from Ohio State University
Internet Traffic Archive
Traces from the National Laboratory for Applied Network Research
Fred Xue's traffic page with links to traffic sites
Fun things:
RFC 1121
RFC 1149
RFC 2100
UC Berkeley EECS20:
Structure and Interpretation of Signals and Systems
INFO:
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AUDIO RECORDING of ENSC 835 LECTURES:
Audio recordings
of ENSC 835 lectures are available
online.
Access is limited to students enrolled in ENSC 835 this term.
ENSC 835 URL:
http://www.ensc.sfu.ca/people/faculty/ljilja/ENSC835/
ENSC 835/CMPT 885 MAILING LIST:
ensc835-all@sfu.ca
(it contains the
cmpt-885-all@sfu.ca mailing list)
ENSC 835/CMPT 885 NEWSGROUPS:
sfu.class.ensc.ensc835 and
sfu.class.cmpt.cmpt885
ENSC 835/CMPT 885 CAUCUS:
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Information
TOPICS
WEEK IN REVIEW
ASSIGNMENTS
EXAMS
TEXTBOOKS
SCHEDULE
STAFF
PROJECTS
TOOLS
WEB SITES
INFO
Created by
Ljiljana Trajkovic
ljilja at cs.sfu.ca
Last modified:
Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:20:08 PM PDT