CS 544: Computer Networks II: Network Services

Objectives

• This course presents a quantitative approach to analyzing Web services.
• Models for managing and planning the capacity of Web systems are developed and applied in practice.
• The course is driven by examples.

Prerequisites

• CS 542 or ECE 545

Syllabus

• Properties of Poisson and exponential distributions.
• Operational laws.
• Finite and infinite population models.
• Open and closed queueing networks.
• Mean Value Analysis for single and multiple-class systems.
• Client-server model.
• Protocol delay analysis.
• End-to-end network response time.
• Intranet modeling.
• Internet traffic.
• Heavy-tailed distributions.
• Web services availability analysis.

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