Euro-NF PhD Course Title: Main Trends in Teletraffic and Economic Modelling April 23rd- 27th, 2012 Universitat

Politcnica de Valncia, Spain http://www.girba.upv.es/PhDCourse Instructors Vicente Casares, Pablo Escalle, Luis Guijarro and Jorge Martnez Objective The objective of the course is to present, in a structured and integrated approach, the most used modelling paradigms and techniques in teletraffic engineering and their application to common problems. Basic concepts of economic modeling of telecommunications service provision will also be presented. Organization The course will be held at ETSI de Telecomunicacin, Universitat Politcnica de Valncia, Spain, during March 5th 9th, 2012, and is open up to 25 students and professionals. The course is structured in two theory sessions in the morning and two practical sessions in the afternoon, which include a laboratory session and a questions and discussion session. Prerequisites Basic knowledge of Calculus, Linear Algebra, Basic Probability Theory would be required. An elementary knowledge of MATLAB software is also advisable. Content Monday 23rd Session 1 (2h). Markov Chains and Markov Processes. Markov chains: classification of states. Irreducible finite Markov chains. Markov chains with countable infinite states. Markov process. The ChapmanKolmogorov equation. Birth and Death Processes. The Poisson Process and its properties (superposition, PASTA, ). Session 2 (2h). Modelling Telecommunication Systems with Markov and SemiMarkov Processes. Basic queuing systems. Semi-Markov Process. The M/G/1 and G/M/1 queues. Session 3. Laboratory (2h). Comparative analysis of basic Markov processes. Questions and Discussion.

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Tuesday 24th Session 4 (2h). Reversibility. Motivation. Reversible processes and the reversed process. Properties of reversible processes. Examples. Session 5 (2h). Discrete Time Simulation. Basic structure of a simulation program. Random variate generation. Data analysis. Examples. Session 6. Laboratory (2h). Simulation of an M/D/1/K: evaluation of mean queue length and loss probability. Computation and analysis of confidence intervals. Questions and Discussion. Wednesday 25th Session 7 (2h). The Binomial-Poisson-Pascal (BPP) Modelling Paradigm I. Modelling with BPP flows. Application to overflow systems. Application to multirate heterogeneous systems. Fundamental recursions. Session 8 (2h). The Binomial-Poisson-Pascal (BPP) Modelling Paradigm II. End-to-end blocking in hierarchical networks. End-to-end blocking in a trafficgroomed optical network with alternate routing. Modelling multimedia VBR sources. Session 9. Laboratory (2h). Basic BPP Models and End-to-End Blocking Analysis. Analysis of a common multirate system. End-to-end blocking analysis of a traffic-groomed optical network with alternate routing. Questions and Discussion. Thursday 26th Session 10 (2h). Queueing Networks I. Open and closed queueing networks. Theorems of Jackson and Gordon and Newell. Arrival theorems. Mean Value Analysis Algorithm. Session 11 (2h). Queueing Networks II. Symmetric queues. Networks of symmetric queues (open and closed). The BCMP Theorem. Examples of application to model communication systems by means of networks of queues Session 12. Laboratory (2h). Quantitative analysis and dimensioning of an access network carrying elastic traffic.

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Questions and Discussion. Friday 27th Session 13 (2h). Economic Models for Telecommunications Networks. Consumers demand. Industry supply.. equilibrium, Monopoly. Oligopoly. Competitive markets. Market

Session 14 (2h). Game Theory Basics for Economics of Telecommunications. Introduction to game theory. Non-cooperative one-shot games. Sequential move games. Cooperative game theory. Wardrop equilibrium. Session 15. Applications to Spectrum Management. Spectrum management approaches: command-and-control, auctions, secondary markets, commons. Literature overview. Questions and Discussion.

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MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

2h

Markov Chains and Markov Processes

Queueing networks I

Reversibility

The Binomial-PoissonPascal (BPP) Modelling Paradigm I

Economic models for telecommunications networks

Coffee Break

2h

Modelling Telecommunication Systems with Markov and Semi-Markov Processes

Queueing networks II

Discrete Time Simulation

The Binomial-PoissonPascal (BPP) Modelling Paradigm II

Game Theory Basics for Economics of Telecommunications

Lunch Break

2h

Lab and exercises

Lab and exercises

Lab and exercises

Lab and exercises

Applications to Spectrum Management

Questions and Discussion

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