FEP3210 Advanced Performance Analysis of Communication Networks 9,0 hp

The course consists of 24 hours of lectures, home assignments requiring roughly 20, project work requiring 30, and student presentation requiring 20 hours of work by each students.

The course addresses performance issues in current and future Internet architectures:

• Multi-access communication: CSMA/CD - reservation techniques (token and polling) - packet radio networks (WLANs)
• Routing in data networks: shortest path routing - optimal routing and topology design
• Flow control (TCP)
• Quality of service (QoS) in IP networks: requirements for multimedia transmission - network support: scheduling, shaping, forward error correction
• Current research topics on network performance

By the end of the course students will be able to construct tractable models of complex networking problems and attack performance problems with analytical methods or simulation. These abilities are necessary for everyone working on technical fields - to understand the capabilities of specific technologies and the success or failure of new trends.

Communication networks, statistics, queuing theory

Examinator beslutar, baserat på rekommendation från KTH:s handläggare av stöd till studenter med funktionsnedsättning, om eventuell anpassad examination för studenter med dokumenterad, varaktig funktionsnedsättning.

Examinator får medge annan examinationsform vid omexamination av enstaka studenter.

När kurs inte längre ges har student möjlighet att examineras under ytterligare två läsår.

Continuous exmaination based on small tests, home assignment and project.

Grade based on the results of tests, home assignments and project. Passed student presentation.

Viktoria Fodor

• Vid grupparbete har alla i gruppen ansvar för gruppens arbete.
• Vid examination ska varje student ärligt redovisa hjälp som erhållits och källor som använts.
• Vid muntlig examination ska varje student kunna redogöra för hela uppgiften och hela lösningen.