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S-38.149 Postgraduate Course in Teletraffic Theory

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Fall 2003 course information

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Queueing Networks and Balanced Fairness

Topic: In Fall 2003, the course will deal with Queueing Networks and Balanced Fairness.

Material: The course will be based on the following books covering the Queueing Networks part:

In addition, Balanced Fairness will be studied from the papers by Bonald and Proutière: The books are available at the library of the Networking Lab (contact samuli.aalto@hut.fi). The papers are available at the home page of Thomas Bonald.

Status: The present course can be included in postgraduate studies on Teletraffic Theory (or on Telecommunications Technology according to the old study plan).

To whom: The course is primarily meant for postgraduate students of teletraffic theory having an interest in understanding the performance analysis and dimensioning of communication networks. This time the aim is to learn the "classical" theory of queueing networks, to understand when and why product form solutions emerge, and to acquire tools for analyzing shared resource systems such as the Internet viewed at the flow level.

Prerequisites: S-38.143 (Queueing Theory) recommended.

Organisation: The course will be arranged as a seminar (meetings once per week). The working language is English. The first meeting of the course will be held on

Then, from 29.9. on the seminars, followed by the exercise class, will be held weekly on Mondays 16-20 in the same room E111. For a more detailed information, see the web page Schedule.

Completion: To pass the course:

  1. Each participant shall give a presentation on the selected subject,
  2. hand out 3 homework exercises in the subject,
  3. present the solutions to these exercises,
  4. examine the solutions to these exercises by the others, and
  5. do at least 50% homeworks given by the others.
  6. In addition presence in seminar sessions is required (at least 8 times).
  7. Finally, an examination arranged at the end of the seminar must be passed.

Presentations: The presentations are expected to be mathematically oriented explaining carefully all the essential details. Each presentation should last 1 h 30 min. The presentations need not be accompanied by a fully written report. It is, however, essential that the presentations are well prepared and supported by high quality overhead/black board material (clear handwriting allowed) that is distributed as handouts to others. The main emphasis should be on clarity and understandability. The handouts should give a self-contained exposition on the subject.

Homeworks: For detailed information together with the electronic versions of the homework exercises, see the web page Homeworks.

Examination: The (first) examination will be held on

In Spring 2004, there will be a retrial examination for those who do not pass the first examination.

Credits: This course will be worth of 5 credits.

Grading: The grading with the usual marks (1-5) will be based on:

    Presentation + handouts:     25%
    Examination:                 75%

Entry: Preferred way to inform about participation is through WWW-TOPI, which is available for all students having a license to the university computers. Another way is to send an email to samuli.aalto@hut.fi

Personnel:

Here you can find some details about the course:

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