ITEC451: Network Design and Analysis - Spring 2016

 

Date

Class Note

CISCO Network Academy

Comment

Week 1

 

Mon, Jan 18

MLK day; No class

 

 

Tue, Jan 19

 

 

 

Wed, Jan 20

Syllabus, Pretest

 

 

Thr, Jan 21

 

 

 

Fri, Jan 22

Snow Day: Class was not in session

 

Homework: (Project 1) Recommendation for Computer Buyers

 

 

Week 2

 

Mon, Jan 25

Chapter 1 An Introduction to Model Building

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 1 and Chapter 2:

Due - 11:59pm on 1/31 (Sun)

 

Tue, Jan 26

 

 

 

Wed, Jan 27

Continue Chapter 1

 

Chapter 1: Activity 1

 

 

Thr, Jan 28

 

 

 

Fri, Jan 29

Student Presentations on Project 1: Recommendation for computer buyers

 

Homework: (Project 2) Design Small Company Network

(Due - 2:45 on Feb 5, Fri)

 

 

Week 3

 

Mon, Feb 1

Chapter 2 Basic Linear Algebra

 

 

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 3:

Due - 11:59pm on 2/7 (Sun)

 

Tue, Feb 2

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 3

Continue Chapter 2

 

Chapter 2: Activity 2 (Solution)

 

 

Thr, Feb 4

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 5

In-class Activity: Project 3

 

 

Week 4

 

Mon, Feb 8

Continue Chap 2

Chapter 2: Activity 3 (Solution)

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 4:

Due - 11:59pm on 2/14 (Sun)

 

Tue, Feb 9

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 10

Chapter 3 Linear Programming

 

 

Thr, Feb 11

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 12

In-class Activity:

Continue to work on the Project 3

 

 

Week 5

 

Mon, Feb 15

Continue Chapter 3

 

Chapter 3: Activity 4 (Solution)

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 5:

Due - 11:59pm on 2/21 (Sun)

 

Tue, Feb 16

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 17

Continue Chapter 3

 

Chapter 3: Activity 5

 

 

Thr, Feb 18

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 19

In-class Activity:

Continue to work on the Project 3

(Due - 11:30pm on Feb 19)

 

 

Week 6

 

Mon, Feb 22

Continue Chap 3

 

Chapter 3: Activity 6

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 6:

Due - 11:59pm on 2/28 (Sun)

 

Tue, Feb 23

 

 

 

Wed, Feb 24

Chapter 4 Simplex Algorithm

 

Chap 4: Activity 7 (Solution)

 

 

Thr, Feb 25

 

 

 

Fri, Feb 26

Activity:

(Due-2:30pm on March 4, Friday)

Pick the top three papers among the papers on the project 3

Download reports

 

 

Week 7

 

Mon, Feb 29

Continue Chap 4

 

Chap 4: Activity 7-1

(Homework; Submit at the beginning of class on March 3, Wed)

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 7:

Due - 11:59pm on 3/13 (Sun)

 

Tue, Mar 1

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 2

Continue Chap 4

 

Chap 4: Activity 8

 

 

Thr, Mar 3

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 4

Online Activity:

(Due-2:30pm on March 18, Friday)

Write a summary paper

on the paper entitled A Model for Survivable Low Cost Access Area Network Design in a New Europe

-It needs to be at least 2 page long.

-The paper must include:

1. What is the problem?

2. What is the approach to solve it?

3. What is the solution? The detailed meaning of each constraint should be included.

 

 

Week 8

Spring Break - No class

Mon, Mar 7

 

 

 

Tue, Mar 8

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 9

 

 

 

Thr, Mar 10

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 11

 

 

 

Week 9

 

Mon, Mar 14

Q&A on the Midterm Exam

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 8:

Due - 11:59pm on 3/20 (Sun)

 

Tue, Mar 15

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 16

Midterm Exam

Study Guide:

1.Chapter 1, 2, 3, and 4

2.Activities 1~7 and 7-1

 

 

Thr, Mar 17

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 18

Activity: (Due 2:30pm on April 8; submit the pptx file to a dropbox)

Research on Network Monitoring and Traffic Shaping

References

1.Untangle

2.PfSense

3.Network Monitoring tools summarized by cisco-network.com

4.Network Monitoring Tools summarized by Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre

 

 

Week 10

 

Mon, Mar 21

Review of the paper entitled A Model for Survivable Low Cost Access Area Network Design in a New Europe

Reading Assignment & Chap exam for Chapter 9:

Due - 11:59pm on 3/27 (Sun)

 

Tue, Mar 22

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 23

Review of Midterm Exam

 

 

Thr, Mar 24

 

 

 

Fri, Mar 25

Activity on Network Monitoring and Traffic Shaping

 

 

Week 11

 

Mon, Mar 28

Chapter 9 Integer Programming

 

 

Tue, Mar 29

 

 

 

Wed, Mar 30

Continue Chap 9

Chap 9: Activity 8

 

 

Thr, Mar 31

 

 

 

Fri, Apr 1

Activity on Network Monitoring and Traffic Shaping

 

 

Week 12

 

Mon, Apr 4

Homework: Packet Tracer Lab with Dans sample (Reference: danscourses.com)

- The PT Lab guide

- PT file for the practice

 

Note: Please submit a packet tracer file after completing the lab to a dropbox in D2L by 11:30pm on 4/13, Wednesday.

 

 

Tue, Apr 5

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 6

PT activity

 

 

Thr, Apr 7

 

 

 

Fri, Apr 8

Presentations on Network Monitoring and Traffic Shaping

 

 

Week 13

 

Mon, Apr 11

PT activity

 

 

Tue, Apr 12

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 13

PT activity

Due of the Packet Tracer Activity (11:30pm)

 

Note: Please submit a packet tracer file after completing the lab to a dropbox in D2L by 11:30pm on 4/13, Wednesday.

 

 

Thr, Apr 14

 

 

 

Fri, Apr 15

Cisco Skills Exam

 

 

 

Week 14

 

Mon, Apr 18

Amazon Visit

 

 

Tue, Apr 19

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 20

Cisco Skills Exam

 

 

 

Thr, Apr 21

 

 

 

Fri, Apr 22

Cisco Skills Exam

 

Cisco Final Exam on Sunday (4/24)

 

 

Week 15

 

Mon, Apr 25

Chapter 14 Game Theory

Chap 14: Activity 9, Activity 10

 

 

Tue, Apr 26

 

 

 

Wed, Apr 27

 

Chapter 17 Markov Chain

Chap 17: Activity 11

 

 

Thr, Apr 28

 

 

 

Fri, Apr 29

 

 

 

Week 16

Final Exam

Mon, May 2

 

 

 

Tue, May 3

 

 

 

Wed, May 4

Final Exam at 2:45PM

Study Guide: Activity 1~ Activity 11

 

 

Thr, May 5

 

 

 

Fri, May 6