Instructor: Kun-chan Lan
(this course is offered in English)

• Targeting audience: graduate students who are interested in pursuing research in networking.
• Aim: introduce the whole process of an experimental research cycle from problem identification, proposing solution, experiment design, to finally evaluate the proposed solutions in the simulations or emulation.
• We will cover basic techniques in experimental design, measurements, modeling and simulations. A number of tools frequently used in network research will be introduced.

• Measurement strategies and techniques
• Principles of network modeling
• Fundamental of experimental design and performance evaluation
• A collection of network research tools
• Measurement tool: ping, traceroute, iperf
• Collection tool: tcpdump, ethereal
• Simulation: NS-2
• Emulation: Nisnet, dummynet
• Testbed: TinyOS/mote, Netfilter

• If you don't have sufficient background, try to review the following books
• Computer Networks: A Systems Approach (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking), 3rd Edition, Larry L. Peterson and Bruce S. Davie , ISBN 1-55860-833-8
• Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, 3rd Edition, James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross, and Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-201-97699-4

Prof. Kun-chan Lan
Office: Room 309 (East Block, Yun-Ping building, Kuang-Fu Campus)
Office hours: 3-4 pm on Tuesday, 3-4pm on Wednesday, or by appointment via e-mail
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TEL: +886 6 2757575 ext 62550

Paweeya Raknim 
Office: Room 402 (East Block, Yun-Ping building, Kuang-Fu Campus)
Office hours: 2-4 on Monday,1-3 pm on Thursday
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TEL: 06-2757575 ext.62520 (and then another extension 35)

• Have taken fundamental courses on data networks and know basic things from layer 3 and above
• Know how TCP/IP network works and some basic networking terms
• Some software skill such as Unix, C/C++, or experience with scripting language
• Discuss with the instructor to get approval

Homework (6) – 30%
Midterm – 20%
Final – 20%
Term Project – 30%
Possible bonus from class participation – 10%

Syllabus

week 1 (2/20) Introduction and class admin
week 2 (2/27) Network modeling
week 3 (3/6) Class is canceled
week 4 (3/13) Queuing model --- HW1 due
week 5 (3/20) NS2 (I)
week 6 (3/27) NS2 (II)  -- HW2 due
week 8 (4/3) School holidays
week 9 (4/10) NS2 (III) – HW3 due
week 10 (4/17) Emulation
week 11 (4/24) Midterm
week 12 (5/1) TCP/IP -- HW4 due
week 13 (5/8) case study: Multipath TCP (MPTCP)
week 14 (5/15) Model and Simulate MPTCP -- HW5 due
week 15 (5/22) Experiment MPTCP (I) 
week 16 (5/29) Experiment MPTCP (II) -- HW 6 due
week 17 (6/5) Performance Evaluation
week 18 (6/12) In-class project presentation
week 19 (6/19) Final