Schedule

• Week 1
  Overview of Computer Network Design and Analysis
  Background and review of fundamentals
  Required Reading: Chapter 1
  
  
• Week 2
  Introduction to queueing theory, M/M/1 queue
  Required Reading: Chapter 3
  
  
• Week 3
  M/M/1 queue, expected queue size and delay, Little's formula
  Required Reading: Chapter 3
  
  
• Week 4
  Markov Chains
  Required Reading: Chapter 3
  
  
• Week 5
  Queueing system with loss; Embedded Markov Chains
  Required Reading: Chapter 3
  
  
• Week 6
  Embedded Markov Chains; Priority Queues
  Required Reading: Chapter 3
  
  
• Week 7
  Mid-term Exam (in-class)
  
  
• Week 8
  Columbus Day Holiday– No Class
  
  
• Week 9
  Network of Queues
  Required Reading: Chapter 6
  
  
• Week 10
  Network of Queues
  Required Reading: Chapter 6
  
  
• Week 11
  Network of Queues
  Required Reading: Chapter 6
  
  
• Week 12
  Network of Queues
  Required Reading: References
  
  
• Week 13
  General Applications
  Required Reading: References
  
  
• Week 14
  Applications: Traffic Engineering
  Required Reading: References
  
  
• Week 15
  Final Exam (in class)