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No
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Topic
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Level of
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No of hours
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knowledge
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skills
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A
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B
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C
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D
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E
| |
| 1.
| Introduction to the course, description of assessment items. |
X
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| 1 |
| 2.
| Goals of computer communication networks analysis. |
X
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|
|
| 1 |
| 3.
| Basic performance measures. |
X
|
|
|
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| 1 |
| 4.
| Performance analysis of selected MAC protocols. |
|
X
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|
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| 1 |
| 5.
| Fairness measures for resource sharing protocols. |
|
X
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|
|
| 1 |
| 6.
| In-layer and cross-layer design of communication protocols. |
X
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|
|
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| 1 |
| 7.
| Design of MAC mechanisms using PHY layer information. |
|
X
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|
|
| 1 |
| 8.
| Characteristics of user application requirements. |
X
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|
|
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| 1 |
| 9.
| Performance of fast electronic and optical packet switching. |
X
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|
|
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| 1 |
| 10.
| Overview of fair queuing algorithms. |
|
X
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|
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| 1 |
| 11. | Application of fair queuing to QoS differentiation. |
|
X
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|
|
| 1 |
| 12.
| Buffer and queue management for TCP traffic handling. |
|
X
|
|
|
| 1 |
| 13.
| Introduction to effective bandwidth and grade of service. |
X
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
| 14.
| Determination of effective bandwidth and grade of service for given traffic conditions. |
|
X
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|
|
| 1 |
| 15.
| Computational basics of nonlinear optimization, examples of optimization problems. |
X
|
|
|
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| 1 |
| 16.
| Multi-criterion optimization basics. |
X
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|
|
|
| 1 |
| 17.
| Shortest path routing in variable network topologies. |
X
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
| 18.
| Dijkstra's and Bellman-Ford algorithms: from methods to routing protocols. |
|
X
|
|
|
| 1 |
| 19.
| Routing as a tool for load balancing. |
|
X
|
|
|
| 1 |
| 20.
| Multi-criterion routing for QoS provisioning networks. |
|
X
|
|
|
| 1 |
| 21.
| Capacity of wired networks as determined from the max-flow min-cut theorem. |
X
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
| 22.
| Capacity of single- and multi-hop wireless networks. |
X
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
| 23.
| Application of optimization methods to routing and flow control algorithms. |
X
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
| 24.
| Reliable data transport over wireless links. |
|
X
|
|
|
| 1 |
| 25.
| Transport protocols for heterogeneous networks. |
|
X
|
|
|
| 1 |
| 26.
| Multicast transmission in multi-hop wireless networks.. |
|
X
|
|
|
| 1 |
| 27.
| Multicast transport protocols: types of ack semantics. |
X
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
| 28.
| Multicast transport protocols: hierarchy of ordered delivery. |
X
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
| 29.
| Multicast-based building of a network topology map. |
|
X
|
|
|
| 1 |
| 30.
| Network- and application-layer group multicast; the TRANSIS system. |
X
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
|
Total
|
30
|