cfry@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (C.Fry - Inst. Computer Research) (01/04/89)
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS:
QUEUES, ROUTING AND MULTIACCESS
by
Prof. Sergio Verdu
of
Department of Electrical Engineering
Princeton University
Abstract
In this talk we will present an overview of several important
theoretical issues in research on communication networks. We
will consider three areas: (1) queueing theory and networks of
queues (arising in the performance analysis of store-and-forward
packet communication networks), (2) network routing (for finding
minimum-delay paths in networks with point-to-point interconnec-
tions), and (3) multiple-access communication (for networks with
links shared by several transmitters such as radio networks and
local area networks). We review a few selected problems in each
area to show the role played by tools from control, optimization
and communication theory, and we identify the main issues of
current research interest in each of those areas.
DATE: Wednesday, January 11, 1989
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
PLACE: DC 1302
Everyone is welcome. Refreshments served.