Spring 2016
ENSC 833: PERFORMANCE OF COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

Assignment #1:

Read:
  • Kurose and Ross: Chapter 1: Computer Networks and the Internet (either edition)
  • Walrand and Varaiya: Chapter 1: Overview
  • Read WEB SITES OF INTEREST on the ENSC 833 home page.
  • Read SOFTWARE TOOLS on the ENSC 833 home page.
  • Set up your login environment and run OPNET and ns-2.
  • Work on the topic for your final project.

  • Answers to be submitted:
  • Procedure that you installed for remote login.
  • Copy of the screens showing that you can successfully run OPNET and ns-2 or ns-3.
    Note: Limit your answer to one page. Please type your report.

  • Visit: Academic honesty and plagiarism.
    Take the Plagiarism Tutorial:
    http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/tutorials/plagiarism-tutorial
    Submit a printout of web pages confirming that you have successfully completed each tutorial.

  • Include the cover page. It should only include course title (ENSC 833: NETWORK PROTOCOLS AND PERFORMANCE), term (Spring 2016), 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.

    • Texts:
    J. Kurose and K. W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 6/e, Addison Wesley, 2013.
    J. Walrand and P. Varaiya, High-performance Communication Networks, Second edition, Morgan Kaufmann, 2000.

    Posted: January 8, 2016
    Due: January 17, 2016

    Last modified: Mon Jan 4 15:03:44 PST 2016.