Network Analysis and Dimensioning, 5 cr

Core content

• Network simulation:
  
  - basics of network simulations
  - discrete event simulations;
  - generating random numbers;
  - data collection methods;
  - variance reduction techniques
• Introduction to network analysis:
  
  Reminder of probability theory
  Reminder of stochastic processes
  Reminder of statistics
  Reminder of special math techniques
• Queuing theory:
  
  - Arrival and service processes
  - Little result
  - Queuing systems of M/M/m/-/- type
  - M/G/1 and G/M/1 queues

Complementary knowledge

• Specifics of simulating wireless systems
  Simulating complex network typologies
  
• Traffic properties in the Internet
  Traffic properties in 4G cellular systems

Specialist knowledge

• Inverse tasks in network analysis
  Traffic matrices
  Network optimization problems
• Types of traffic models
  Parameterization of traffic models