No

Topic

Level of

No of
 hours

knowledge

skills

A

B

C

D

E

Introduction to the course, assessment items.

X

1

2.

Network technologies versus types of network services, microeconomic design paradigm.

X

1

3.

Principles of creation of a traffic contract.

X

1

4.

Overprovisioning as an alternative to congestion control.

X

1

5.

Communication mechanisms design for cooperative and noncooperative environments.

X

1

6.

Pricing mechanisms as economic and technological tools.

X

1

7.

Protocols of fair information exchange at the user-to-network interface.

X

1

8.

Structure and parameter negotiation in traffic contracts.

X

1

9.

Examples of static and dynamic contracts.

X

1

10.

Microeconomic models of selected network mechanisms and services.

X

1

11.

Use of mechanism design to control network performance.

X

1

12.

Realization of selected incentive compatible mechanisms in computer communication networks.

X

1

13.

Strategic equilibrium: determination and comparison with globally optimal network operation.

X

1

14.

Principles of design of reputation mechanisms in wireless networks.

X

1

15.

Micropayment techniques in wireless and stub networks.

X

1

15

No

Topic

Level of

No of
 hours

knowledge

skills

A

B

C

D

E

1.

Tools and parameters of service quality evaluation.

X

1

2.

Methods of service differentiation relative to network technologies.

X

1

3.

Examples of traffic contracts: Frame Relay, ATM  networks.

X

1

4.

Estimation of necessary resources for link overprovisioning.

X

1

5.

Noncooperative TCP settings and ATM user-to-network nterfaces under network congestion.

X

1

6.

Price-based control of ingress traffic: shared access link model.

X

1

7.

Examples of layered network services: IPoverATM, SONET, IPoverEthernet.

X

1

8.

SLA contract layout.

X

1

9.

Policing and shaping of  ingress traffic for QoS support.

X

1

10.

Use of label switching; call admission control.

X

1

11.

Competitive mechanisms and noncooperative games, dominating strategies and strategic equilibrium.

X

1

12.

Networking games: expansion of physical infrastructure, transmission power control.

X

1

13.

Calculation to compare network performance at a strategic equilibrium and global optimum.

X

1

14.

Determination of reputation measures.

X

1

15.

Role of cryptographic protection in the implementation of micropayments.

X

1

15

No

Topic

Level of

No of
 hours

knowledge

skills

A

B

C

D

E

Traffic demand projection for a computer communication network.

X

1

2.

QoS differentiation in IP technology.

X

1

3.

Trafic contracts for next-generation IP networks.

X

1

4.

Selfish configuration of contention windows in WiFi network interfaces.

X

1

5.

Selfish configuration of data rates and transmission power in WiFi network interfaces.

X

1

6.

Fair bandwidth allocation for elastic traffic flows.

X

1

7.

Microeconomic aspects in video distribution systems.

X

1

8.

SrNP protocol operation.

X

1

9.

Pricing as a method of ingress traffic shaping.

X

1

10.

Link utilization as determined by the call admission policy.

X

1

11.

Games with incomplete information; auction-based allocation of communication resources.

X

1

12.

Examples of networking games: cache deployment in the Internet, selfish RIP and BGP routing.

X

1

13.

Examples of networking games: cross-layer protocols for wireless networks, transaction systems.

X

1

14.

Reputation systems: CORE, OCEAN, CONFIDANT

X

1

15.

Implementation of micropayments in wireless systems using a cellular network infrastructure.

X

1

15