Spring 2009
ENSC 835: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
CMPT 885: SPECIAL TOPICS: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

Assignment #2:

Read:
  • Kurose and Ross: Chapter 1: Computer Networks and the Internet
  • Walrand and Varaiya: Chapter 1: Overview.

  • Prepare a paragraph describing the topic of your final project.
  • Browse through past 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

  • Begin working on the OPNET Tutorials. Run OPNET and find link to Tutorials under the Help menu. Open the Tutorial page. Select the appropriate tutorial from the menu located on the left-hand side of the page.
        Tutorials > Basic Tutorials > Modeler Tutorials:
        1. Introduction (10 min)
        2. Small Internetworks (1 hour)
        3. LAN Modeling (1 hour)
    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.

    Texts:
    J. Kurose and K. W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 4/e, Addison Wesley, 2005.
    J. Walrand and P. Varaiya, High-performance Communication Networks, Second edition, Morgan Kaufmann, 2000.

    Posted: January 16, 2009
    Due: January 23, 2009


    Last modified: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 10:47:32 PM PST.