Spring 2016
ENSC 833: PERFORMANCE OF COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

Assignment #6:

Read:
  • Kurose and Ross: Chapter 3: Transport Layer.
  • Kurose and Ross: Chapter 4: The Network Layer.
  • Walrand and Varaiya: Chapter 4: The Internet and TCP/IP Networks.

  • Prepare for the Midterm: Wednesday, March 9, 2016.

  • If you have not already done so, please email using the plain ASCII format (text) to ljilja at cs.sfu.ca: the team number, full names (last name, first name) and email addresses of team members, project title, the abstract of your project, and the list of five references for your project.

  • Continue working on the OPNET Tutorials.
        Tutorials > Basic Tutorials > Modeler Tutorials:
        4. Web Reporting
        5. Importing Traffic
        6. Expert Service Prediction
        7. Productivity Features
        8. Troubleshooting OPNET Tutorials
    Note: You may have to make selections using the links located on the left-hand side of the page rather than links displayed in the main portion of the window.
    Modeler Reference material is available from the menu located on the left-hand side of the page.

  • Submit OPNET printouts illustrating each step of the Web Reporting, Importing Traffic, Expert Service Prediction, Productivity Features, and Troubleshooting OPNET Tutorials.
    Briefly describe the main steps.
    Include time-stamps on the printouts.
    Limit your submission to ten pages (excluding the cover page).

  • 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.

  • Prepare a web page describing your project including title, abstract, and list of five references. Submit the printout of the web page. Please email to ljilja at cs.sfu.ca the URL of the web page.

    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: February 12, 2016
    Due: February 21, 2016

    Last modified: Fri Feb 5 21:52:10 PST 2016.