S09_ICT653_RAN

=ICT653: Recent Advances in Networking=

Semester:
Spring 2009

Instructor:
Dr. Sayeed Ghani

Program:
PhD

Course Description
This is an advanced PhD level course focusing on the Performance and Simulation of Wireless Networks and provision of Quality of Service in such networks. The course will attempt to cover recent advances that have been made in the above areas, work on new research areas as well as topics of current research at IBA. In addition simulation of such networks will be pursued in depth using ns2.

Students taking this course will be expected to get an in depth understanding of the research in certain specific areas and read the current research papers published in this area. They will be expected to conduct their own analysis to develop their analytical research skills. They will also be expected to simulate the ongoing research in ns2 by making protocol changes in the underlying ns2 code.

The objective of the course shall be to create simulations of the proposed network protocols and to help in converting the results into publishable research. Term and Final exams shall also be conducted based on theoretical as well as modeling and simulation topics.

//Prerequisites: **ICT552, ICT651 and ICT657.** //

Course Outline
The course will be based on a) Lectures on recent research publications b)  Working Simulation sessions individually or in small groups
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Simulation scenarios will be developed based on ongoing research and recent developments in 802.11 series of protocols and standards.
 * Simulation Scenarios: **

35%: Based on Simulation Assignments: 30%: Term Exams (15% each). 35%: Final Exam
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=Research=

Comparison of my NS2 results with Bianchi-2000, Pham-2005, and Vardagas-2008, with quite accurate replication of results: