Course Catalog 2013-2014
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Course Catalog 2013-2014

ELT-53606 Network Analysis and Dimensioning I, 4-7 cr

Additional information

Suitable for postgraduate studies

Person responsible

Dmitri Moltchanov, Evgeny Kucheryavy

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Excercises
Assignment
 2 h/week
 2 h/week
 30 h/per
+2 h/week
+2 h/week
+30 h/per



 



 



 
ELT-53606 2013-01 Tuesday 16 - 18, TB222

Requirements

- attendance of lectures; - attendance of exercises; - sucessful completion of homeworks; - successful pass of exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning Outcomes

- sketching theories network analysis is based upon; - understand basic notions and relations of queuing theory; - understand basic principles of modern network simulators; - understand basic techniques and the need for traffic measurements and modeling; - get basic view of useful math techniques.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Introduction to network analysis: Reminder of probability theory Reminder of stochastic processes Reminder of statistics Reminder of special math techniques     
2. Queuing theory: - Arrival and service processes - Little result - Queuing systems of M/M/m/-/- type - M/G/1 and G/M/1 queues     
3. Network simulation: - basics of network simulations - discrete event simulations; - generating random numbers; - data collection methods; - variance reduction techniques     
4. Traffic modeling: - the need for traffic modeling; - points and level of interest; - Internet traffic properties and changes; - Models and algorithms     
5. Special techniques: - traffic marix and network optimization; - inverse tasks in network analysis.     

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

Course is evaluated based on the following: Examination Exersises Homeworks

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   Queuing systems   Kleinrock L.       available in the TUT library   Yes    English  
Book     H. Perros       Excellent introduction to simulations of computer networks.   No    English  
Other literature   Queuing theory page   Myron Hlinka       A plenty of useful information that is freely available.   No    English  

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
ELT-51106 Computer Networking I Mandatory    
ELT-53106 Computer Networking II Advisable    

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
ELT-53606 Network Analysis and Dimensioning I, 4-7 cr TLT-2716 Teletraffic Theory I, 3-6 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
ELT-53606 2013-01 Implementation of ELT-53606 for 2013-2014   Lectures
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Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  

Last modified10.12.2013