Schedule

• 8/31 - Week 1
  Overview of Computer Network Design and Analysis
  Background and review of fundamentals
  Required Reading: Chapter 1



• 9/7 - Week 2 Labor Day



• 9/14 - Week 3
  Introduction to queueing theory, M/M/1 queue, expected queue size and delay, Little's formula
  Required Reading: Chapter 3



• 9/21 - Week 4
  Markov Chains
  Required Reading: Chapter 3
  
  
  
• 9/28 - Week 5
  Queueing system with loss
  Required Reading: Chapter 3



• 10/5 - Week 6
  Embedded Markov Chains
  Required Reading: Chapter 3



• 10/12 - Week 7
  Priority Queues
  Required Reading: Chapter 3



• 10/19 - Week 8
  Network of Queues
  Required Reading: Chapter 6



• 10/26 - Week 9
  Mid-term Exam (in-class)



• 11/2 - Week 10
  Network of Queues
  Required Reading: Chapter 6



• 11/9 - Week 11
  Network of Queues
  Required Reading: Chapter 6



• 11/16 - Week 12
  Network of Queues
  Required Reading: References



• 11/23 - Week 13
  General Applications
  Required Reading: References



• 11/30 - Week 14
  Applications: Traffic Engineering
  Required Reading: References



• 12/7 - Week 15
  Applications: Traffic Engineering
  Required Reading: References



• 12/14 - Week 16
  Final Exam (in class)