Spring 2011, Room 4215, 14:10~17:00 Wednesday
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, modelling and simulations. A number of tools frequently used in network research will be introduced.

• Measurement strategies and techniques
• Principles of network modelling
• Fundamental of experimental design and performance evaluation
• A collection of network research tools
• Measurement tool: ping, traceroute, iperf
• Collection tool: tcpdump, ethereal
• Simulation tool: NS-2
• Emulation: Nisnet, dummynet
• Publicly available test-beds: Orbit, Planetlab, Emulab

• 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: 11-12pm on Tuesday, 11-12pm on Thursday, or by appointment via e-mail
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TEL: +886 6 2757575 ext 62550

Jensen Office: Room 402 (East Block, Yun-Ping building, Kuang-Fu Campus)
Office hours: Wednesday 10:00 - 12:00
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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

• Paper review and presentation – 30%
• In-class quiz – 10%
• Final project presentation (15%)
• Project report (45%)
• Extra credit
• Class participation
• Up to 10%

• week 1 (2/24) Administration issue
• week 2 (3/02) measurement strategy and tools (I)
• week 3 (3/09) measurement strategy and tools (II)
• week 4 (3/16) project overview
• week 5 (3/23) simulation ns-2 (I)
• week 6 (3/30) simulation ns-2 (II)
• week 7 (4/06) simulation ns-2 (III)
• week 8 (4/13) simulation ns-2 (IV)
• week 9 (4/20) mid-term project review
• week 10 (4/27) emulation
• week 11 (5/04) quiz
• week 12 (5/11) traffic modeling
• week 13 (5/18) topology modeling
• week 14 (5/25) wireless modeling
• week 15 (6/01) bandwidth estimation
• week 16 (6/08) Misc
• week 17 (6/15) In-class final project presentation

• Pick 4 papers that interest you from the reading list
• The paper you review should be related to the survey paper you’re going to do
• Send TA the list by the end of week 3 (3/10)

• What are the major issues addressed in the paper? Are these issues important?
• Novelty and creativity of the paper?
• Technical depth of the paper?
• What are the strengths of the paper?
• What are the weakness of the paper? Can you improve the paper?
• Writing style and readability?

• Do you describe the motivation of the paper?
• Do you describe the methodology used in the paper?
• Do you point out the strength of the paper?
• Do you point out the weakness or limitations of the paper?
• Is your presentation understandable?

• Reading-based
• 4 paper reviews from the reading list on the course web page
• In-class presentation
• Tool-based
• in-class quiz
• show you know how to use the tools

• Formality
• Individual project
• Participatory sensor network
• Write-up
• 6-page, 10-pt-font, single-spaced report by the end of final week
• Project Presentation
• Each person will submit a project report
• Each person will present your project work
• The class and I will give you our feedback on the work

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