Organization

Exam:

Oral exams will take place on July 31 and September 18.

Registration: Contact our secretary Mrs. Gerber (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., room 36/430).

Lecture:

Tuesdays, 11:45-13:15 in 36-438.

Exercise:

The exercise will be held either on Mondays, 10:00-11:30, or on Wednesdays, 15:30-17:00. Room: 36-438.

Contact:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Schmitt
M.Sc. Paul Nikolaus
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Lecture Overview

The objective of this lecture is to introduce the basics of performance management in communication networks on multiple time-scales. The contents are as follows:

  1. Introduction & Motivation
  2. Long-Term Performance Management
    • Network Design
    • Traffic Modelling
  3. Medium-Term Performance Management
    • Traffic Engineering / Routing
    • Content Distribution / Caching
  4. Short-Term Performance Management
    • Packet-Level Dynamics
    • Packet Scheduling
  5. Conclusion and Outlook

Material & Slides

The slides are only accessible from within the university network (131.246.*). You can use SSH or VPN for remote access.

Chapter Title Last Update Slides
 0  Organization April 25, 2017  PDF
 1  Introduction April 28, 2017  PDF
 2  Long-Term Performance Management May 19, 2017  PDF
 3  Medium-Term Performance Management May 30, 2017  PDF
 4  Short-Term Performance Management July 11, 2017  PDF  uncorr-vs-indep

 

 

Exercises

The exercise sheets are only accessible from within the university network (131.246.*). You can use SSH or VPN for remote access.

Exercise Time Download
1 May 15 at 10:00  PDF  ex_1_data_1.dat  ex_1_data_2.dat  Positions  Solution(1-2)
2 May 24 at 15:30  PDF  Solution(1-3)
3 June 26 at 10:00  PDF  Solution(1)
4 July 10 at 10:00  PDF

 

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