The lecture CSE-II bases on two parts:

• Lecture Discrete Event Simulation given by Prof.Dr. James Gross (2 SWS)
• Compact course and practical exercises on Modeling and Simulation of Networks by Prof. Wehrle (1+1 SWS)

Organizational Information

• Appointments and Locations:
  • Lecture Simulation:
    • Thu 10:00h - 11:30h, Room 025 / UMIC building (Mies-van-der-Rohe Strasse 15), weekly, starting April 16th, 2009
  • Modeling and Simulation Block Course:
    All classes take place in room 5054 (Ahornstr. 55) starting at 10:00h
    
    • 2.9.2009 Introduction to OMNeT++ (James Gross)
    • 3.9.2009 Simulation Scalability (Georg Kunz)
    • 4.9.2009 Network Emulation (Elias Weingärtner)

  Please note that participating in this course -- especially participating in the second part on the practical modeling and simulation of networks and protocols -- requires the ability and some experience in C++ coding. It also reuqires a computer where you can run the OMNeT++ simulator, which runs on most UNIX derivates, MacOS X and Windows.

  Important announcements concering the lecture

  If you are interested in announcements relevant to our teaching activities -- and especially on this lecture -- or any other of the DS group's activities, you're more than welcome on our ds-interest mailing list!

  Contents

  This course will focus on the Engineering of Communication Systems, especially on the analysis of communication systems by modeling and simulating networking protocols and the environment they are embedded (e.g., modeling and simulation of user behavior, network topologies, user mobility, signal propagation in wireless networks, etc.).

  This block course gives an introduction to simulation techniques. The focus of the course will be on discrete event simulation. Simulation is widely used to evaluate systems in generally and computer communication networks in particular. In this course we will emphasize the simulation of communicaton networks. Some topics of the course are:

  • Simulation model design
  • Scalability of network simulations
  • Advanced evaluation techniques: network emulation

  Material and Recommended Literature

  • The slides of the lecture will be available for download here - after login follow the link to the CSE-1 lecture. Information on login and password will be provided in the lecture.
  • Jerry Banks, John S. Carson II, Barry L. Nelson, David M. Nicol: Discrete-Event System Simulation, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2005.
  • Averill M. Law, W. David Kelton: Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Third Edition, McGrawHill, 2000.
  • Otto Spaniol, Simon Hoff: Ereignisorientierte Simulation - Konzepte und Systemrealisierung, International Thomson Publishing, 1995.
  • Documentation of OMNeT++ Simulator, API, Models etc. (cf. OMNeT++ Website" -> Documentation)