Spring 2019
ENSC 833: NETWORK PROTOCOLS AND PERFORMANCE

Assignment #2:

Read:
  • Kurose and Ross: Chapter 1: Computer Networks and the Internet

    • Read papers:
  • Barry M. Leiner, Vinton G. Cerf, David D. Clark, Robert E. Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, Daniel C. Lynch, Jon Postel, Lawrence G. Roberts, and Stephen Wolff, "Brief History of the Internet".
    Provide one-page summary of the Internet history. Please type your report.
  • S. Floyd and V. Paxson, "Difficulties in simulating the Internet," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 392 - 403, August 2001.
    Provide one-page summary. Please type your report.

  • Locate the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) web page. Read the Request for Comments (RFC) 2026: "The Internet Standards Process" by S. Bradner.
    Provide a brief description of:
    - Internet Standards
    - RFCs and Internet Drafts
    - Standards Track Maturity Levels.
    Provide one-page summary. Please type your report.

  • Include the cover page. It should only include course title (ENSC 833: PERFORMANCE OF COMMUNICATION NETWORKS), term (Spring 2019), 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.

  • Project teams are due January 13, 2019 (midnight: 11:59 PM + 1 minute). Submit the team names on Canvas.

  • Work on the topic for your final project.
  • Browse through past projects:

    Undergraduate courses:
        ENSC 427 Spring '18 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '17 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '16 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '15 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '14 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '13 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '12 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '11 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '10 projects
        ENSC 427 Spring '09 projects

    Graduate courses:
        ENSC 835 Spring '18 projects
        ENSC 894 Spring '17 projects
        ENSC 833 Spring '16 projects
        ENSC 894 Spring '15 projects
        ENSC 894 Spring '14 projects
        ENSC 835 Spring '13 projects
        ENSC 894 Spring '12 projects
        ENSC 835 Spring '11 projects
        ENSC 895 Spring '10 projects
        ENSC 833/CMPT 885 Spring '09 projects
        ENSC 833/CMPT 885 Spring '08 projects
        ENSC 833/CMPT 885 Spring '06 projects
        ENSC 833/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

    Text:
    J. Kurose and K. W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 7/e, Pearson, 2017.

    Posted: January 11, 2019
    Due: January 20, 2019

    Last modified: Wed Jan 20 18:41:53 PST 2021.