Assignments

Network Engineering
EETAC

February 2018

Assignments 1
 Week 1. Unit 1

Individual work

o Review the basics of graph theory based on the course material

and references.

Teamwork

o Read the first chapter of the book Complex Systems and Clouds. A
Self-Organization and Self-Management Perspective. D. Marinescu.
Elsevier. 2016.
This chapter can be find in the link
http://www.sciencedirect.com.recursos.biblioteca.upc.edu/science/
book/9780128040416 using the eBIB application provided by the
UPC library.

o Based on this resource:

Prepare a brief presentation (4 slides) of four Use Cases of a

complex systems (like driverless car, IoT, social net,..)
indicating:
 The main properties of each complex system, highlighting
concepts as emergence, self-organization, non-linearity, non-
determinisms, patterns of behaviour, phase transition, or scaling
among others.
 Compare the properties of each complex system versus a
deterministic equivalent system.
 Discuss the tools for design and analyse those systems and the
open issues.

o Install and familiarize with mathematical simulators, computer

software and visualization tools (Mathematica, MatLab, Maple,..)
and network analysis software (Pajek, ..).

o Based on Pajek, create .net files for two European operators,

Deutsche Telekom and BT. Each file is composed of a set of nodes
(connected European cities) and links between them. We consider
that both networks are modelled by an undirected graph. Only
consider the EU nodes.

Below you find the information of both networks:

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BT Global Services: Network Maps

The map below shows the current core topology of the BT IP Network within Europe, and its connectivity to the USA.
BT also offers IP services globally through strategic supply arrangements.
These supplier networks can be viewed by clicking on the regional tabs below.
In addition to the backbone links shown, the network is connected to all the major Internet Exchanges (see Peering Information) and
allows
customer access via a wide number of cities in each country, increasing our network depth in-country.

Assignments 3
 DT Global Services: Network Maps

https://www.telekom-icss.com/about-icss/icss-profile

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