CPSC 641 Overview CPSC 641 Performance Issues in

Motivation “Opening a highway does not by itself drastically change the speed of the

High Speed Networks: Layered View Application Designers OS Architects CPU, Memory, Disk Protocol Architects

Layering Considered Harmful? • Faster media does not necessarily imply faster network applications •

Course Overview • Main focus: Internet technologies, protocols, and applications • Secondary focus: Performance

Contact Information • • Professor: Carey Williamson Office: ICT 736 and ICT 602 C

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CPSC 641 Overview • CPSC 641 – Performance Issues in High Speed Networks – http: //www. cpsc. ucalgary. ca/~carey/CPSC 641 • Introductory-level graduate course on topics and methodologies in networking research • Professor: – Carey Williamson – Professor and Acting Head (Computer Science) – http: //www. cpsc. ucalgary. ca/~carey CPSC 641 Winter 2011 Copyright © 2005 Department of Computer Science 1

High Speed Networks: Layered View Application Designers OS Architects CPU, Memory, Disk Protocol Architects LAN Interfaces Media Access • • Web, Video, P 2 P, Email Linux, Mac OS, Windows PC, Intel, Grid, NAS TCP, UDP, IPv 6 LAN Adapters, NICs Gig. E, ATM, Wi. Fi, MPLS Fiber, SONET, OFDM Physical Devices CPSC 641 Winter 2011 Copyright © 2005 Department of Computer Science 3

Layering Considered Harmful? • Faster media does not necessarily imply faster network applications • Interdependence between layers • Interactions between protocols • Need to consider trends of all layers CPSC 641 Winter 2011 Copyright © 2005 Department of Computer Science 4

Course Overview • Main focus: Internet technologies, protocols, and applications • Secondary focus: Performance issues • Textbook: None (notes+current literature) • Goal: Understanding the current state of the art for high speed networking research and network performance issues CPSC 641 Winter 2011 Copyright © 2005 Department of Computer Science 5

Contact Information • • Professor: Carey Williamson Office: ICT 736 and ICT 602 C Office hours: Wed 9: 00 am-12 noon Phone: (403) 220 -6780 (both offices!) Fax: (403) 284 -4707 (CPSC dept) Email: carey@cpsc. ucalgary. ca Web site: http: //www. cpsc. ucalgary/~carey URL for course info, notes, assignments: http: //www. cpsc. ucalgary. ca/~carey/CPSC 641 Winter 2011 Copyright © 2005 Department of Computer Science 6