Spring 2011
ENSC 835: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

Assignment #3:

Read:
  • Kurose and Ross: Chapter 2: Application Layer.
  • Walrand and Varaiya: Chapter 2: Networks Services and Layered Architectures.
  • S. Floyd and V. Paxson, ``Difficulties in simulating the Internet,'' IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 392 - 403, August 2001.

  • Submit a paragraph describing the topic of your final project (include a working title).
    Please email the paragraph in plain ASCII format to ljilja at cs.sfu.ca.

  • 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 eight pages: the cover page plus seven typed pages. The cover page should only include course title (ENSC 835: COMMUNICATION NETWORKS), term (Spring 2011), your full name (last name, first name), and your SFU email address. Double-sided printouts are encouraged.

    Texts:
    J. Kurose and K. W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 5/e, Addison Wesley, 2010.
    J. Walrand and P. Varaiya, High-performance Communication Networks, Second edition, Morgan Kaufmann, 2000.

    Posted: January 28, 2011
    Due: February 6, 2011

    Last modified: Monday, January 31, 2011 10:58:24 PM PST