1 CPSC 641: Performance Issues in High Speed Networks n Professor Carey Williamson Department of Computer Science University of Calgary n Graduate-level course on high speed networks and network performance issues n URL
2 Motivation “Opening a highway does not by itself drastically change the speed of the bicycles” - Ancient Proverb
3 High Speed Networking: A Layered View n Web, Video, P2P n TCP, UDP, IP, IPv6 n Unix, Linux, Windows n PC, Intel, Grid, NAS n LAN Adapters, NICs n GigE, ATM, WiFi n Fiber, SONET, OFDM Application Designers Protocol Architects O.S. Architects CPU, Memory,Disk LAN Interfaces Media Access Physical Devices
4 High Speed Networking: A Layered View n Faster media does not necessarily imply faster network applications n Interdependence between layers n Interactions between protocols n Need to consider trends of all layers
5 Course Overview n Main focus: Internet technologies, protocols, and applications n Secondary focus: Performance issues n Textbook: None (notes+current literature) Goal: Understanding the current state of the art for high speed networking research and network performance issues
6 Contact Information n Professor: Carey Williamson n Office: ICT 736 n Phone: (403) (my office) n Fax: (403) (CS dept) n n URL: n URL for course info, notes, assignments: