Computer Engineering MA, Simulation and Analysis, 6 credits

Aim

The course aims to introduce techniques and tools needed to construct and analyze performance models of computer networks and communication systems. Extensive knowledge of how to model and simulate various application scenarios related to communication systems and computer networks will become increasingly important in the future.

Course objectives

The student should, after completing the course be able to:
- explain, apply, analyze, and combine network analysis, modeling, and simulation technology,
- analyze and evaluate communication networks using analytical and simulation-based methods,
- analyze and evaluate traffic, graph, and mobility models; customize network simulation tools; and list different simulation tools.

Content

- Review of probability and stochastic theory,
- Markovian queues (M/M/1, M/M/c, M/G/1, etc.),
- Little’s formula, Erlang, and Engset formulas,
- Queuing networks,
- Access protocols (Aloha, CSMA, FDMA, TDMA),
- Random number generation,
- Statistical analysis of simulated data,
- Simulation and modeling basics (traffic modelling, link, system, packet level simulation),
- Discrete-time and continuous-time simulation models,
- Open-source performance simulation and modeling tools.

Entry requirements

Computer Engineering, 45 credits, including programming 10 credits, and Computer Engineering MA, TCP/IP. Mathematics, 25 credits, including statistics or stochastic processes.

Selection rules and procedures

The selection process is in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance and the local order of admission.

Teaching form

Teaching consists of lectures, home assignments, seminars, labs, and project assignment

Examination form

L101: Labs, 0.5 Credits
Grade scale: Two-grade scale

P101: Project, 2.5 Credits
Grade scale: Two-grade scale

T101: Written exam, 3 Credits
Grade scale: Seven-grade scale, A-F o Fx

Link to grading criteria: https://www.miun.se/gradingcriteria.

The examiner has the right to offer alternative examination arrangements to students who have been granted the right to special support by Mid Sweden University’s disabilities adviser.

If the examination on campus cannot be conducted according to a decision by the vice-chancellor or to whom he delegated the right, the following applies: [Written Exam T101] will be replaced with two parts: an online examination and a follow-up. Within three weeks of the online examination, a selection of students will be contacted and asked questions regarding the examination. The follow-up consists of questions concerning the execution of the online exam and the answers that the student has submitted.

Examination restrictions

Students are entitled to three examination opportunities within one year according to the examination format given in this version of the course syllabus. After the one-year period, the examination format given in the most recent version of the course syllabus applies.

Grading system

Seven-grade scale, A-F o Fx