Performance Analysis of Computer and Communication Networks

Poisson and exponential processes; discrete-time Markov chains; Markov chains at equilibrium; reducible Markov chains; periodic Markov chains; discrete-time queues and queuing analysis; modeling of flow control protocols, error control protocols, and medium access control protocols using Markov chains and queuing analysis; modeling techniques and performance analysis; modulated Poisson traffic models; scheduling algorithms; input buffer, output buffer, and shared buffer switches.

Hours: XYZ where X = Lecture, Y = Lab, Z = Credit
All hours are per week.
3 Lab hours constitute 1 credit hour
1 credit hour implies 1 lecture of 50mins per academic week. 16 weeks in total.
Pre-Requisite courses are courses required to be completed before this course may be taken
Co-Requisite courses are courses required to be taken along with this course