| Class# | Date | Topic | Notes | Handouts | Assignments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu 01/03 | Class overview: logistics, goals, the "why", course outline | N1 | ||
| 2 | Mon 01/07 | Common types of modeling | N2 | ||
| 3 | Tue 01/08 | Queueing Theory | N3 | Project Info | |
| 4 | Wed 01/09 | Realism, Little's law | |||
| 5 | Thu 01/10 | Simulation & Emulation Tools Homework Discussion | N5 | Homework 1 | |
| 6 | Mon 01/14 | Aloha Protocols Performance Analysis & CSMA/CA Modeling | N6 | [A1970] | |
| 7 | Tue 01/15 | Network Challenges | N7 | [CS2013] | [F2003] |
| 8 | Wed 01/16 | Healthy Skepticism | N8 | ||
| 9 | Thu 01/17 | Modeling TCP in ns-3 Homework Discussion | Homework 2, HW 1 due | ||
| - | Mon 01/21 | MLK Birthday | |||
| 10 | Tue 01/22 | Modeling mobile networks | N10 | [NCCRS11] | |
| 11 | Wed 01/23 | Simulating random behavior (temporal & spatial) | N11 | [MN1998] | [BJS10] |
| 12 | Thu 01/24 | Modeling Mobility in ns-3 Homework Discussion | Homework 3, HW 2 due | ||
| 13 | Mon 01/28 | Ad-Hoc Networks | N13 | ||
| 14 | Tue 01/29 | MANET Routing | N14 | ||
| 15 | Wed 01/30 | MANET Routing Protocols | |||
| 16 | Thu 01/31 | MANET routing in ns-3 | Homework 4, HW 3 due | ||
| 17 | Mon 02/04 | AODV | N17 | ||
| 18 | Tue 02/05 | AODV Continued | |||
| 19 | Wed 02/06 | ETX Routing Metric | N19 | ||
| 20 | Thu 02/07 | Using mobility traces in ns-3 | Homework 5, HW 4 due | ||
| 21 | Mon 02/11 | Disruption-Tolerance | N21 | ||
| 22 | Tue 02/12 | Disruption-Tolerance Cont. | |||
| 23 | Wed 02/13 | Project Meetings | |||
| 24 | Thu 02/14 | HW3 review, HW5 questions | HW 5 due | ||
| - | Mon 02/18 | Presidents Day | |||
| 25 | Tue 02/19 | Midterm Prep (Bring your questions!) | |||
| - | Wed 02/20 | Midterm | |||
| 26 | Thu 02/21 | Midterm Review | Solutions | ||
| 27 | Mon 02/25 | Modeling the Internet: Topology Generation | N27 | [MLMB01] | |
| 28 | Tue 02/26 | Modeling the Internet: Graph reducation | [RRB16] | ||
| 29 | Wed 02/27 | Modeling the Internet: AS-Relationships | |||
| 30 | Thu 02/28 | Topology modeling | Homework 6 | ||
| 31 | Mon 03/04 | Path Diversification and Network Survivability | N31 | [RS2011] | |
| 32 | Tue 03/05 | Network Traffic Modeling | N32 | [CCS2013] | |
| 33 | Wed 03/06 | Traffic Modeling cont | |||
| 34 | Thu 03/07 | No class | HW 6 due | ||
| 35 | Mon 03/11 | Project Meetings | schedule | ||
| 36 | Tue 03/12 | Modeling Worms | N36 | [SMPW04] | |
| 37 | Wed 03/13 | Simulating Attacks and Challenges | N37 | [CBDSS10] | |
| 38 | Thu 03/14 | Confidence intervals vs standard error bars | N38 | T-Distribution Table | |
| - | Mon 03/18 | Final Project Presentations |
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