Organization

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Exam:

August 5 and September 9.
Please contact Mrs. Gerber (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) in order to register.

Lecture:

Tuesdays, 11:45 am - 1:15 pm in the seminar room (36-438)

Exercises:

Tuesdays (irregularly), 10:00 am-11:30 am in the seminar room (36-438) (exact dates will always be announced via email)

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 17, 2019 PDF 
 1  Introduction  April 17, 2019 PDF 
 2  Long-Term Performance Management  May 24, 2019 PDF  annotated
3  Medium-Term Performance Management  June 7, 2019 PDF  annotated
4  Short-Term Performance Management  July 4, 2019 PDF  annotated  MG1

 

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 14 at 10:00 am PDF  ex_1_data_1.dat  ex_1_data_2.dat
2 June 04 at 10:00 am PDF  ex_1_data.dat
3 June 18 at 10:00 am PDF
4 July 2 at 10:00 am PDF

 

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