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CS856 - Advanced Topics in Distributed Systems:

Internet Transport Performance


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Course Outline, Presentation Slides, and Reading List

We will rotate through a number of topics and cover each topic twice. During the first round, there will be a lecture and we will discuss historical and background material. During the second round, we will discuss selected papers presenting recent research proposals.

Those papers marked with an asterisk (*) are the minimum required reading material for in-class discussion. Material will be added to this list during the term. Papers in bold are the ones to write summaries of. All papers from ACM's and IEEE's Digital Libraries can be downloaded when logged in on UW machines.

Lecture 05.05. - Organization, Introduction (slides: PS/PDF)
Lecture 12.05. - Packet Scheduling (slides: PS/PDF)
Lecture & Discussion 19.05. - Network Control: Routing & Signalling (slides: PS/PDF)
Lecture & Discussion 26.05. - Congestion Control: TCP, ECN, and Variants (slides: PS/PDF)
Lecture & Discussion 02.06. - Network Architecture: Mobility, Multicast and Overlays (slides: PS/PDF)
Seminar 09.06. - Project Proposal Presentations Discussion 16.06. - Packet Scheduling
Discussion 23.06. - Network Control Discussion 30.06. - Congestion Control
Discussion 07.07. - Mobility, Multicast and Overlay Networks
Discussion 14.07. - Network Architecture Flexible Slot 21.07. - TBA Seminar 28.07. - Final Project Presentations

Disclaimer: The above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of existing research in those areas. You are encouraged to search for additional literature.


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Last updated: May 26, 2004