Schedule

• 8/25 - Week 1
  Overview of Computer Network Design and Analysis
  Background and review of fundamentals
  Required Reading: Chapter 1



• 9/1 - Week 2 Labor Day



• 9/8 - Week 3
  Introduction to queueing theory, M/M/1 queue, expected queue size and delay, Little's formula
  Required Reading: Chapter 3



• 9/15 - Week 4
  Markov Chains
  Required Reading: Chapter 3
  
  
  
• 9/22 - Week 5
  Queueing system with loss
  Required Reading: Chapter 3



• 9/29 - Week 6
  Embedded Markov Chains
  Required Reading: Chapter 3



• 10/6 - Week 7
  Priority Queues
  Required Reading: Chapter 3



• 10/13 - Week 8 (Monday Classes Meet on Tuesday 10/14)
  Network of Queues
  Required Reading: Chapter 6



• 10/20 - Week 9
  Mid-term Exam (in-class)



• 10/27 - Week 10
  Network of Queues
  Required Reading: Chapter 6



• 11/3 - Week 11
  
  Network of Queues
  Required Reading: Chapter 6



• 11/10 - Week 12
  Network of Queues
  Required Reading: References



• 11/17 - Week 13
  General Applications
  Required Reading: References



• 11/24 - Week 14
  Applications: Traffic Engineering
  Required Reading: References



• 12/1 - Week 15
  Applications: Fair Queueing
  Required Reading: References



• 12/8 - Week 16
  Reading Day (no class)



• 12/15 - Week 17
  Final Exam (in class)