Spring 2022
ENSC 833: NETWORK PROTOCOLS AND PERFORMANCE
TOPICS
WEEK IN REVIEW
ASSIGNMENTS
EXAMS
TEXTBOOKS
SCHEDULE
STAFF
PROJECTS
TOOLS
WEB SITES
INFO
Current count of email messages related to ENSC 833 exchanged this term:
290.
Course description:
This course covers the techniques needed to understand and analyze modern
data communications networks using a top-down, layered approach to computer networking.
It covers the basic architecture of packet networks and their network elements
and the protocols used to enable transmission of packets.
This is a project oriented graduate course.
Students will be introduced to various tools for simulating communication networks such as
ns-3 and Riverbed Modeler (formerly OPNET from OPNET Technologies).
Laboratory work is included in this course.
Pre-requisites:
Successful completion of ENSC 427-3 or permission of the instructor.
TOPICS:
1. Computer Networks and the Internet
2. Application Layer
3. Transport Layer
4. The Network Layer: Data Plane
5. The Network Layer: Control Plane
6. The Link Layer: Links, Access Networks, and LANs
7. Wireless and Mobile Networks
8. Security in Computer Networks
9. Multimedia Networking
WEEK IN REVIEW:
1. January 10, 2022 (revised)
2. January 17, 2022 (revised)
3. January 24, 2022
4. January 31, 2022 (revised)
5. February 7, 2022 (revised)
6. February 14, 2022 (revised)
* February 21, 2022
8. February 28, 2022
9. March 7, 2022 (revised)
10. March 14, 2022 (revised)
11. March 21, 2022
12. March 28, 2022 (revised)
13. April 4, 2022
14. April 11, 2022
ASSIGNMENTS:
Posted weekly by Friday. Due the following week on Sunday (firm deadline).
Assignment #1
Assignment #2
Assignment #3 (revised)
Assignment #4
Assignment #5
Assignment #6
Assignment #7
Assignment #8 (revised)
Assignment #9 (revised)
Assignment #10
Assignment #11
Assignment #12
Assignment #13
GRADING SCHEMES:
Assignment #1
Assignment #2
Assignment #3 (revised)
Assignment #4
Assignment #5
Assignment #6
Assignment #7
Assignment #8
Assignment #9
Assignment #10
EXAMS:
MIDTERM EXAMS:
Monday, February 28, 2022, 18:30 - 19:50, WMC 3220
Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 18:30 - 19:50, WMC 3220
FINAL EXAM:
No final exam.
FAS policy on mid-terms and finals is described in Section 5.7 of the FAS Handbook
PROJECT REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS:
Project teams are due
January 23, 2022 (midnight: 11:59 PM + 1 minute).
Project proposal(s) are due
February 6, 2022 (midnight: 11:59 PM + 1 minute).
Project title, abstract, and a list of five references are due
February 13, 2022 (midnight: 11:59 PM + 1 minute).
Web page describing your project
and including the list of five references is due
February 20, 2022 (midnight: 11:59 PM + 1 minute).
Interim report is due
March 13, 2022 (midnight: 11:59 PM + 1 minute).
Project class presentations will be held in class on April 11, 2022 (note the extended lecture time).
The following files are due on Sunday, April 17, 2022 (midnight: 11:59 PM + 1 minute):
- Presentation slides (Power Point and PDF files) of your final project,
- URL for the web pages of your final project, and
- Final written report (LaTEX or MS Word file and PDF file) of your final project.
The final project grading policy
The final project grading form
GRADING:
Assignments 20%,
midterm exams 20% (= 2 x 10%), class presentation 10%, and
final project 50%.
Click here to see your
scores
and
midterm no. 1 exam,
midterm no. 2 exam,
and
overall
scores distribution charts.
TEXTBOOKS:
Recommended reading:
J. F. Kurose and K. W. Ross,
Computer Networking, 8th Edition, Paerson, 2021.
    
Interactive end-of-chapter exercises, Supplement to Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 8th edition.
A. Leon-Garcia and I. Widjaja,
Communication Networks: Fundamental Concepts and Key Architectures,
2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, 2004.
Errata page.
Other sources (in alphabetical order)
D. Bertsekas and R. Gallager,
Data Networks, Second edition, Prentice Hall, 1992.
M. De Prycker,
Asynchronous Transfer Mode: Solutions for Broadband ISDN,
Ellis Horwood, 1991.
I. Katzela,
Modeling and Simulating Communication Networks,
A Hands-on Approach Using OPNET,
Prentice Hall, 1999.
S. Keshav,
Engineering Approach to Computer Networking: ATM Networks, the Internet, and the Telephone Network,
Addison Wesley, 1997.
L. L. Peterson and B. Davie,
Computer Networks, A Systems Approach, 5th edition,
Morgan Kaufmann, 2012.
T. G. Robertazzi,
Computer Networks and Systems,
Queuing Theory and Performance Evaluation, Third edition,
Springer Verlag, 2000.
J. Walrand and P. Varaiya,
High-performance Communication Networks, 2/e,
Elsevier, 2000.
J. Walrand,
Communication Networks, A First Course, 2/e,
McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Check the status of the books on reserve for
ENSC 833
JOURNALS:
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
IEEE Communications Magazine
IEEE Network, The magazine of global information exchange
ACM Computer Communication Review
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
SCHEDULE:
Lectures:
Mondays 18:30 - 19:50 in WMC 3220
Wednesdays 18:30 - 19:50 in WMC 3220
PROFESSOR:
TEACHING ASSISTANTS:
-
Zhida Li
zhidal at sfu.ca
-
Office hours:
Tuesdays, 17:00 to 18:00 (virtual)
Thursdays, 17:00 to 18:00 (virtual)
COMPUTING HELP:
PROJECTS:
ENSC 833 Spring 2022 project teams
ENSC 833 Spring 2022 project proposals
ENSC 833 Spring 2022 projects
ENSC 833 Spring 2022 presentation schedule
Instructions for in class presentations
of your ENSC 833 final projects
Instructions for writing
ENSC 833 final project reports
IEEE Author Center:
   IEEE Author Tools
   Create your IEEE Article
   IEEE Editorial Style Manual
Samples of past projects:
Past course web pages are located at:
http://www.ensc.sfu.ca/~ljilja/teaching.html
SOFTWARE TOOLS:
Get familiar with Linux/CentOS.
The following sites have links to useful Unix tutorials and documentation:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-unix-commands-cheat-sheets.html
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO.html
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTo
To run ns-3 and/or ns-2 on a PC running MS operating system, download:
Option 1 (easier):
Downlaod Ubuntu virtual machine
VirtualBox
in order to run the virtual machine.
Option 2:
cygwin
ns-3 website,
ns-3 tutorial,
ns-3 documentation, and
ns-3 wiki page
Old: ns-2 simulator and
documentation
BlueHoc: Bluetooth Performance Evaluation Tool
Network Designer (NetDes) with ns Java applet
Riverbed Modeler main page:
     Riverbed Modeler
Ptolemy
Omnet++
S-PLUS for Unix
and
S-PLUS for Windows
Wireshark network protocol analyzer
Quagga Routing Suite
GNU Zebra: Free routing software
TRAFFIC TRACES:
locally available short traces
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)
Email messages with hints and answers to some frequently asked questions.
(Check FAQ pages from prior ENSC 833 offerings for useful hints.)
FAQ in 2022
WEB SITES OF INTEREST:
Communication Networks Laboratory
Research with OPNET at SFU
Previous offerings of ENSC 427, ENSC 833, ENSC 835, ENSC 894, and ENSC 895
Acronyms:
Dictionary of Acronyms in Communications and Informatics (DACI)
http://www.csrstds.com/acro-a-d.html
General references:
What is page
Documents:
Internet Requests for Comments (RFC) site:
IETF
Daily news of interest:
Wired News: DoS: Defense Is the Best Offense
Fun things:
RFC 1121
RFC 1149
RFC 2100
UC Berkeley EECS20:
Structure and Interpretation of Signals and Systems
INFO:
TOPICS
WEEK IN REVIEW
ASSIGNMENTS
EXAMS
TEXTBOOKS
SCHEDULE
STAFF
PROJECTS
TOOLS
WEB SITES
INFO
Created by
Ljiljana Trajkovic
ljilja at cs.sfu.ca
Last modified:
Tue 12 Apr 2022 18:17:21 PDT.