No

Topic

Level of

No of
 hours

knowledge

skills

A

B

C

D

E

1.

Introduction and assessment items.

X

1

2.

Elastic and isochronous traffic; methods of traffic handling.

X

1

3.

Determination of throughput in various layers of network architecture.

X

1

4.

Source traffic models, elements of renewal theory.

X

1

5.

Stream decomposition and superposition, Palm theorem.

X

1

6.

Choice of timescale in network modeling; generation and analysis of trace files.

X

1

7.

Self-similarity of network traffic, software-based generation of trace files based on traffic models.

X

1

8.

Intrusive and nonintrusive measurements of one-way PDU delays.

X

1

9.

Inference of network performance metrics based on transport-layer information.

X

1

10.

Computer simulation basics for complex network systems.

X

1

11.

Statistical validation of simulation results.

X

1

12.

Simulation tools for network performance evaluation.

X

1

13.

Development of performance-oriented simulation models.

X

1

14.

Multi-faceted analysis of a simulation trace.

X

1

15.

Building network expansion recommendations based on simulative analysis.

X

1

Total

15

No

Topic

Level of

No of
 hours

knowledge

skills

A

B

C

D

E

1.

Example measurements of traffic characteristics and network elements' performance.

X

1

2.

Deterministic and stochastic traffic parameters.

X

1

3.

Measurements of communication and protocol overhead.

X

1

4.

Burstiness and correlation structure of network traffic.

X

1

5.

MMPP model adjustment to observed VBR traffic.

X

1

6.

Methods of measurement of Hurst parameter.

X

1

7.

Pseudorandom number generation for modelling of network traffic..

X

1

8.

Software generation of SRD and LRD data traffic.

X

1

9.

Use of NTP for measurement of one-way PDU delays.

X

1

10.

Multicast-based inference of additive link performance metrics.

X

1

11.

Examples of writing time-slicing and event-driven simulators of complex network systems.

X

1

12.

Construction of confidence intervals and detection of steady state for concrete simulation scenarios.

X

1

13.

Overview of COMNET and ns-2 network simulators.

X

1

14.

Example simulation of a contention MAC protocol and a wireless network with mobile terminals.

X

1

15.

Demonstration of bottlenecks in simple networks.

X

1

Total

15