NetSys 250 Performance Analysis of Computer Communication Networks (4) [cross-listed with EECS 248B]. Introduction to performance analysis of computer communication networks. Error correction codes and data link layer protocols. Queuing models for communication networks. Multi-access communication. Flow and congestion controls. Routing and admission control. Mathematical modeling and optimization of network performance and design. Prerequisite: NetSys 201.

• Random processes: properties, increments.
• Poisson processes: characterization, properties, multiplexing.
• Markov chains: discrete time characterization, properties, stationary distribution, continuous time.
• Queues: model, performance measures, finite buffers, multiple servers, non-exponential distributions.
• Queueing networks: tandem queues, networks of queues, flow.
• Simulation: time driven, event driven, data analysis.
• Student Presentations.