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Agenda: NS / Traffic Analysis Track

The first two days of the workshop consists of two tracks running in parallel: An NS track, and a Routing/TCP track. You may not switch between tracks during the course of the workshop. On the last day, both tracks end in the Traffic Analysis workshop.

Wed Thur Fri
NS Simulator Traffic
Analysis
Routing TCP

Wednesday August 11, 1999 - NS: VINT and NS overview (Day One)

Presentation Room: SDSC Auditorium
Lab Room: SDSC 279

Materials:
  • The NS Simulator: VINT and NS overview - [.ps slides]

    8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
    8:30 am - 9:00 am Registration and Welcome
    (Evi Nemeth, University of Colorado/CAIDA and Theresa Ott, CAIDA)
    9:00 am - 9:45 am VINT Introduction and perspective
    (Kevin Fall, UC Berkeley)
    9:45 am - 10:30 am Essentials / Getting started
    (Polly Huang, AT&T Research)
    10:30 am - 10:45 am Break
    10:45 am - 11:30 am NS Component / Simulation overview
    11:30 am - 12:00 pm Objects and Models
    (Kevin Fall)
    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Objects and Models, cont.
    2:00 pm - 2:30 pm More objects and models
    (Polly Huang)
    2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Break
    2:45 pm - 3:30 pm Extending the Simulator
    3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Specific Topics
    (Polly Huang and Kevin Fall)
    4:30 pm - 5:15 pm Future Directions / Discussion
    (Kevin Fall and Polly Huang)
    5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Welcome Reception, 1st Floor Lobby, Beer, Wine, Munchies

    Thursday August 12, 1999 - NS: Network Simulator in Research and Education (Day Two)

    Presentation Room: SDSC Auditorium
    Lab Room: SDSC 279

    Materials:
  • NS for Multicast Research - [.ppt slides]
  • NS Tutorial - [.ppt slides]

    8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
    9:00 am - 10:30 am TCP and Buffer Management Algorithm Research using NS
    (Kevin Fall, UC Berkeley)
    10:30 am - 10:45 am Break
    10:45 am - 12:15 pm Multicast / Reliable Multicast Research using NS
    (Polly Huang, AT&T Research)
    12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch
    1:15 pm - 3:00 pm Hands-on Exercises
    (Kevin Fall and Polly Huang)
    3:00 am - 3:15 am Break
    3:15 pm - 5:30 pm Hands-on Exercises, cont.

    Friday August 13, 1999 - Traffic Analysis

    Presentation Room: SDSC Auditorium
    Lab Room: SDSC 279

    Materials:
  • Tools for Passive Measurements and Public Data Sets - [.ppt slides]
  • Illustrative Traffic Analyses - [.html slides]
  • Introduction to Coral Reef Applications - [.html exercises]
  • How to Install CoralReef - [.html exercises]
  • Timestamps - [.html exercises]
  • Unstructured Exercises - [.html exercises]

    8:00 am - 9:00 am Breakfast
    9:00 am - 9:30 am Introduction to Network Measurements
    (kc claffy, UCSD/CAIDA)
    9:30 am - 10:00 am Tools for Passive Measurements and Public Data Sets
    (David Moore, UCSD/CAIDA)
    10:00 am - 10:45 am Installing CoralReef (demo and then lab)
    (Tony McGregor, University of Waikato, NZ)
    10:45 am - 11:00 am Break
    11:00 am - 12:15 pm Illustrative Traffic Analyses
    (Sean McCreary, UCSD/CAIDA)
    12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
    1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Parallel Sessions (break and rotate at 2:30 pm)
    1. Programming libcoral
      (David Moore, CAIDA)
    2. Traffic Analysis Tutorials
      (Tony McGregor, University of Waikato, NZ)
    4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Traffic Analysis: Current Practices, Priorities & Obstacles
    (kc claffy, CAIDA)
    5:30 pm Adjourn

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