Date Course Notes
Expected Topics to be Covered
Jan. 4
Outline  [Latex]
Motivation
Background and motivation
Jan. 7
Introduction Introduction
Jan. 11/14/18/21
Queueing theory
Review queueing theory
Ref: 1) M. Schwartz, Broadband Integrated Networks (appendix)
2) Leonard Kleinrock, Richard Gail, Queueing Systems: Problems and Solutions

Assignment 1  [Latex]
Due on Jan. 28
[Solution]


Choose your topic and let me approve it, on/before Feb. 1.
Jan. 25/28
Channel model
Wireless (packet-level) channel models
Ref: Multimedia Services in Wireless Internet: Modeling and Analysis, chapter 2

Thesis by Dr. Ruonan Zhang: Cross-layer protocol design and performance study for wideband wireless networks
http://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8080/handle/1828/2118
 
R. Zhang and L. Cai. ``A Packet-level Model for UWB Channel with People Shadowing Process based on Angular Spectrum Analysis,'' IEEE Trans. on Wireless Commun., vol. 8, issue 8, pp. 4048-55, Aug. 2009. [PDF]

Jan. 28, Feb. 1/4/15
Traffic Characterization
Multimedia traffic models
Ref: M. Schwartz, Broadband Integrated Networks
Multimedia Services in Wireless Internet: Modeling and Analysis, chapter 3

Assignment 2 [Latex] Due on Feb. 18
Solution
Feb. 18/22
Admission Control

Call admission control
Ref: M. Schwartz, Broadband Integrated Networks


Email me a 1-page project proposal in plain text or PDF format, on/before March 1.
Feb. 25/29
Access control
Access control
Ref: M. Schwartz, Broadband Integrated Networks

Assignment 3
[Latex]
Due on March 17
[Solution]
March 3
TCP/IP
TCP/IP basics and congestion control
Ref: Multimedia Services in Wireless Internet: Modeling and Analysis, chapter 4
March 7
AIMD
TCP/AIMD in wireless Internet
Ref: Multimedia Services in Wireless Internet: Modeling and Analysis, chapter 6

March 10
TFRC
TCP-friendly rate control protocol (TFRC) in wireless Internet
Ref: Multimedia Services in Wireless Internet: Modeling and Analysis, chapter 7

March 14
Wireless access Wireless multiple access techniques and performance study
Ref: Multimedia Services in Wireless Internet: Modeling and Analysis, chapter 8


Assignment 4
[Latex]
Due on March 31
Solution
March 17/21

Hybrid MAC
Handoff
Hybrid MAC and Handoff


March 24/31
=> these two lectures for presentation,
Future Ubiquitious Networks (FUN) Workshop
Time: March 31, 2:30pm
Location: ECS660
Poster Preparation Guidance
Workshop Schedule:

Session 1: 2:30 - 3:40pm
1) Doug Maclean, ECOsat-III cube-sat communications systems
2) Risham Guram, Shubreet Brar, End to end communication for smart grids
3) Khamis Elnawaa, Performance Analysis of the IEEE 802.11 a,b,n MAC protocol
4) Jingjing Lin, Yiming Li, Cloud computing performance study
5) Zhuo Chen, Linlin Zhang, Body area networks performance analysis
6) Akanksha, Tushar Mehra, TCP performance analysis
7) Nelly Udoka, Internet of Things for Smart Cities
8) Sami Abughar, Integration between Wi-Fi and cellular networks
9) Shuai Hao, Vivek Ratan, Amir Andaliby Joghataie, Analysis of Redundancy Protocols using GNS3
10) Mohammad Ghasemiahmadi, Location based grouping schemes for 802.11ah MAC protocol
Session 2: 4:00 pm - 5:20pm
11) Jiayi Chen, Safety Message Dissemination in VANET
12) Ali Alzahrani, Kamel Alrashedy, Fawaz Alharbi, Toward software defined networking
13) Nishant Khanna, Saad Malik, Harneet Kaur, Network Management with SDN
14) Salahuddin Jokhio, Shahbaz Ali, Kasem Shwiegi, Artificial intelligence techniques for networking: Making networks learn and decide
15) Adnan, Bit Error Rate (BER) Analysis of Raleigh fading channel for MIMO
16) Harpreet Singh Brar, Navjot Singh, Routing Algorithms for Delay-insensitive and Delay-sensitive Applications in Underwater Sensor Networks
17) Victor Basu, Simar Arora, Content Delivery Network
18) Jigar Patel, Nefsal M, Li-Fi technology - Implementation and performance analysis
19) Syed Abid Ali Shah, MPLS Traffic Engineering
20) Anusha, Network Management and Security in Wireless Nanosensor Networks

Congratulations to Salahuddin Jokhio, Shahbaz Ali, Kasem Shwiegi, for receiving the Best Poster Award of Spring 2016 FUN Workshop. Their presentation has been nominated by most number of fellow students.
April 4

Quiz









Submit the completed project report in PDF format, on/before April 15, 4pm.