Instructor: Professor Edward Knightly

Office: 3044 Duncan Hall
Office hours: scheduled to assignments or by appointment
Administrative assistant: Dee Rashdi, 3045 Duncan Hall

Time/Place: 10:50-12:05, Tuesday and Thursday, Herzstein Hall 120

Assignments

Teaching Assitants

• Ahmed Khattab
• Stanislav Miskovic

Course Description: Graduate-level introduction to design and analysis of communication networks. Topics include wireless networks, media access, routing, traffic modeling, congestion control, and scheduling.

Background: The topics that we will cover are self-contained so that a background in networking is not required. ELEC/STAT 331 or equivalent is a required prerequisite. A graduate course in random processes such as ELEC 533 is recommended, but not required, as a corequisite. Competency in programming is required for simulation assignments and projects.

Grading

30% Problem sets
15% Simulation assignments
15% Paper reviews, presentations, and class participation
40% Term project: proposal, status reports, presentation, and final report

You may discuss homework assignments with classmates but all solutions must be original and individually prepared. Late work will be penalized at 15% of its full credit per day up to a maximum of 4 days, after which no late work will be accepted.

Logistics: Outside of class and office hours, questions regarding assignments, course material, etc. must be posted on the course news group. Please use email only for logistics such as setting up an appointment.

Textbooks:

• A. Kumar, D. Manjunath, and J. Kuri, Communication Networking: An Analytical Approach. Elsevier, 2004.
• A. Kumar, D. Manjunath, and J. Kuri, Wireless Networking: A Resource Allocation Perspective. Morgan Kaufman Preprint, 2008.

Topics

Medium access in wireless networks
Scheduling and fairness
Congestion control
Routing