Spring 2016
ENSC 833: PERFORMANCE OF COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

Assignment #11:

Read:
  • Kurose and Ross: Chapter 6: Wireless and Mobile Networks
  • Walrand and Varaiya: Chapter 7: Wireless Networks
    Read:
  • D. J. Watts and S. H. Strogatz ``Collective dynamics of 'small-world' networks,'' Nature, vol. 393, pp. 440-442, June 1998.
  • A.-L. Barabasi and R. Albert, ``Emergence of scaling in random networks,'' Science, vol. 286, pp. 509-512, October 1999.
  • M. Faloutsos, P. Faloutsos, and C. Faloutsos, ``On power-law relationships of the Internet topology,'' Proc. ACM SIGCOMM, Computer Communication Review, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 251-262, Sept. 1999.
  • G. Siganos, M. Faloutsos, P. Faloutsos, and C. Faloutsos ``Power-laws and the AS-level Internet topology,'' IEEE/ACM Trans. Networking, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 514-524, Aug. 2003.
  • H. Chang, R. Govindan, S. Jamin, S. Shenker, and W. Willinger, ``Towards capturing representative AS-level Internet topologies,'' Proc. ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review, New York, NY, June 2002, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 280-281.

  • Submit a comprehensive review of one paper of your choice from the given list.
    Limit your submission to four pages.
  • 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.

  • Work on the final projects.
        Review:
        Instructions for in class presentations of your final projects
        Instructions for writing ENSC 833 final project reports
        The final project grading policy
        The final project grading form (details).

  • Prepare the project class presentation (to be held during lecture on April 6 and April 11, 2016).
  • Work on preparing final written report (due on April 24, 2016).

    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: March 18, 2016
    Due: March 27, 2016

    Last modified: Fri Feb 5 22:53:36 PST 2016.