ECE 1545F – Bridges and Routers

Winter 2010

 

Instructor:                  Jorg Liebeherr, BA 4126, 946-3403, jorg@comm.utoronto.ca

Course hours:             Tuesday, 15:30-17:00, BA 4164

Office hours:               By appointment via email

Prerequisites:             Prerequisites:  ECE 1541 or equivalent

Course Website:        http://www.comm.utoronto.ca/~jorg/teaching/ece1545/                                         

Reading:                                

·         The reading list is posted on the website.

·         The following book will be used extensively:
J.Y. Le Boudec, P. Thiran: Network Calculus, Version
May 10, 2004.
The book is available on the Web at:
 http://ica1www.epfl.ch/PS_files/netCalBookv4.pdf

Course Material: The course website is the primary means of disseminating materials and information about the course.

Content:

Packet Switches: IP router, ATM switch, Ethernet switch

Arrival curves and service curves

Traffic Shaping

Packet Scheduling

IntServ and DiffServ

Statistical Multiplexing

Active queue management

Packet classification

Switch fabrics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluation:

·         Final (50 %)

·         Assignments (40 %)

·         Exercises (10%)

Exams:                  In class, closed book, closed notes.

Assignments:        Programming assignments, simulation assignments, assignments to work on a testbed, paper review assignments, etc.

·         The goal of the assignments is to provide an exposure to hands-on aspects of computer networking and an introduction to practices of computer networking research.

·         Late submissions will be penalized by 20% of the total grade per day.

Exercises:             Exercises will be posted on a weekly to bi-weekly schedule. The exercises pose questions that relate the lecture to the reading material. The exercises intend to prepare for the final exam. Exercises are not graded, but must be submitted on time (no late submissions accepted).