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Week |
Date |
Topic |
Reading/References |
Assignments/Comments |
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1 |
Jan 6 |
Course overview and logistics [pdf] Introduction to Internet measurements [pdf] |
How to review a paper [Crovella] Chapter 1 & 4 |
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Jan 8 |
Traffic measurements & modeling [pdf] |
HW#1 assigned |
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2 |
Jan 13 |
Traffic modeling: Self-similarity and long-range dependence (LRD) [pdf] Explanation of LRD in Internet traffic [pdf] |
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Jan 15 |
Impact of self-similar traffic Flow monitoring & traffic sampling [pdf] Suggested project topics |
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3 |
Jan 20 |
Traffic matrix estimation [pdf] |
HW#1 due |
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Jan 22 |
Traffic
profiling and anomaly detection [pdf] Flexible/programmable
traffic measurements Discussion leader: Faisal
Khan [pdf] |
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4 |
Jan 27 |
Internet
routing dynamics: Intra-domain -
IGP
failures and convergence behavior [pdf] |
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Proposal due HW#2 assigned |
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Jan 29 |
Internet routing dynamics: Inter-domain [pdf] -
BGP
instabilities -
Policy
Routing -
BGP
Beacon Discussion leader: (Juleo)
Yuanbo Zhu [pdf] |
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5 |
Feb 3 |
AS hierarchy [pdf] Internet topology measurements [pdf] Discussion leader: Gongjing Cao [pdf] |
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Feb 5 |
Measuring Network Performance [pdf] - Passive vs. active measurements - Network tomography & multicast-based inference |
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6 |
Feb 10 |
Midterm |
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Feb 12 |
Bandwidth
estimation [pdf] Discussion leader: Ferhat
Dikbiyik [pdf] |
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7. |
Feb 17 |
Sampling Issues with Active Measurements [pdf] Guest speaker: Dr. Sridhar Machiraju,
Sprint |
HW#2 due |
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Feb 19 |
Applications: Web [pdf] Applications: Online-gaming [pdf] Discussion leader: Brian Estrada |
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8 |
Feb 24 |
Applications: P2P [pdf] Online social networks [pdf] |
[Crovella:
Chapter 7.4] |
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Feb 26 |
Security: DoS/DDoS and Collaborated Defense [pdf] Botnet Detection [pdf] Discussion leader: Guanyao Huang |
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9 |
Mar 3 |
Measurement Study of Cellular Wireless Networks Guest speaker: Dr. Ashwin Sridharan, Sprint |
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Mar 5 |
WLAN and wireless mesh networks [pdf] Discussion leader: (Leo) Xin Liu |
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10 |
Mar 10 |
Vehicular ad hoc networks [pdf] Discussion leader: (Fred) Bojin Liu |
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Mar 12 |
Final Project presentation |
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Project report due 3/16 |