Network Modelling and Analysis

Unit Code:HET336

Credit Points	Duration	Contact Hours	Campus	Prerequisite	Corequisite
12.5 Credit Points	1 Semester	54 hours	Hawthorn, Sarawak	HMS214 Engineering Mathematics 4B	Nil

Credit Points

Duration

Contact Hours

Campus

Prerequisite

Corequisite

12.5 Credit Points

1 Semester

54 hours

Hawthorn, Sarawak

HMS214 Engineering Mathematics 4B

Nil

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Computer Systems), Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunication and Network Engineering), Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunication and Network Engineering)/ Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and Software Engineering).

Aims & Objectives:

To examine issues relating to the performance of various telecommunication networks, and applied queuing theory for better design and improved efficiency of the telecommunication networks.

Students who successfully complete this unit of study will be able to:

Understand different queuing models.
Model and analyse the performance of various protocols and telecommunication networks using graph and queuing theory.
Design and optimize telecommunication networks using graph and queuing theory.

Teaching Methods:

Lectures (36 hours), Tutorials (10 hours ) and Practical Classes (8 hours).

Assessment:

Examination, Laboratory, Test, Tutorials

Content:

Probability and stochastic processes.
Different queuing models: M/M/X/X, M/G/I, Engest, Queue with priority.
Applied queuing: Case Study in Mobile Communications, TCP/IP protocol over wireless channel.
Queuing networks.
Routing in telecommunication networks.
Network design and capacity planning.

Reading Materials:

Kleinrock, L, Queueing Systems, Vol. 1, Theory, Wiley-Interscience, 1975.
Leon-Garcia, A, Probability and Random Processes for Electrical Engineering, Chapter 9, 2nd edn, Addison Wesley, 1994.
Bertsekas, D and Gallager, R, Datat Networks, Prentice Hall, 2nd Edition, 1992
Kershenbaum, A, Telecommunications Network Design Algorithms, McGraw Hill, 1993.