Spring 2002
ENSC 835-3: HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORKS
CMPT 885-3: SPECIAL TOPICS: HIGH-PERFORMANCE NETWORKS

FOLDER CONTENT:

GENERAL INFO

ENSC 835/CMPT 885 Course info (WWW pages)

LECTURE SLIDES:

Binder #1

Introduction to AT&T operations and technology:
    The history for AT&T, Bell Labs, and the telephone networks.

Modern Data Communications:
    Data communications fundamentals: baseband signals, modulation techniques, CRC, OSI reference model.

Overview of technology evolution.

Packet switched networks: FDDI, Frame Relay, and SMDS.

Circuit switched networks: SONET, HDSL/ADSL, AIN/SS7, Video, and PCS.

ATM networks

Binder #2

Software tools: ns-2 internals, introduction to Ptolemy, introduction to AutoClass, introduction to Opnet.

TCP Protocol details.

On designing the Sunshine ATM packet switch.

Connection admission control.

Congestion control algorithms.

Traffic collection and characterization.

Simulation of packet loss with UDP transfers.

Using wavelet analysis for characterization of packet loss.