Assignment Task
Research Paper Requirements The course project in 9783UG & 6692PG requires students to demonstrate an in-depth understanding of some important aspect of high-speed networks and/or network protocol performance. Research Paper accounts for 50% of the final grade for the course, and thus should represent a month or so of research effort. Research Papers are to be done individually.
The research paper should take the form of a research paper, similar to those found in the published in networking literature. (Of course, there is no requirement that your paper be publishable!) The research paper should present your own (novel) research results on a relevant network performance problem. Results may be obtained analytically, through simulation, or experimentally through measurement of an existing system or implementation.
The paper should be 7-9 pages in length, including abstract, figures, tables, and bibliography. Use a reasonable word processing package, a readable font size (10 Times New Roman, and double-column formatting. Papers must be submitted using an Urkund text matching. A lot of background reading may be required to do a good research paper on a given topic, and should be reflected in your bibliography. Note, however, that it is NOT sufficient to do just a SURVEY PAPER. Creativity, originality, and your own contribution are also required. This may involve applying previously known approaches to new network data or scenarios, or applying new approaches or analyses to previously studied data or scenarios, or new approaches to new problems entirely.
Topics of your own choosing are preferred, but if you need ideas, I can offer several suggestions, and point you to relevant literature. Several possible project ideas are included below. In any event, put your thinking caps on, and discuss your idea(s) with me as soon as possible using any online way such as virtual room.
Project Suggestions
Web performance:
Web server performance measurements/analysis
Web proxy placement problem
Web cluster load balancing issues
Experiments/Simulation/Emulation:
Web server benchmarking
RealMedia video/audio streaming
Wireless PDA networking
Multi-player wireless gaming
TCP SACK performance Network traffic measurements and analysis:
Ethernet LAN traffic measurements (tcpdump)
Wireless LAN traffic measurements/analysis
Video traffic measurements
Internet tomography
Traffic modeling techniques:
Wavelet-based traffic modeling/forecasting
Traffic multiplexing/demultiplexing effects in ATM networks
Congestion control:
Evaluation of Connection Admission Control (CAC) schemes
Evaluation of Available Bit Rate (ABR) traffic control schemes
Multi-layer interactions of rate-based and window-based flow control
Routing:
Mobile IP
Multicast routing
Routing in multi-hop wireless ad hoc networks
Emerging Technologies:
DiffServ (Differentiated Services) Internet
Optical internets
Internet of Things (IoT)
Wireless mesh networking
Grid computing
Electronic commerce
Peer-to-peer (P2P) networking
P2P traffic classification
Hybrid wireless/cellular networks
Sensor networks
