Traffic Theory

(German: Nachrichtenverkehrstheorie)

Lecturer: Dr.-Ing. Rico Radeke
Teaching Assistant: Dipl.-Ing. Paul Schwenteck
Dr.-Ing. Rico Radeke
Dipl.-Ing. Paul Schwenteck
Lecturer
Teaching Assistant
rico.radeke@tu-dresden.de
paul.schwenteck@tu-dresden.de

Overview

This course offers the theoretical base and practical methods for modelling, analysis, and performance investigation of communication systems. The students will learn how to use known formulas for traffic theory problems. The abstraction from reality to model will be done for different practical applications and networks.

Topics covered are:

  • Introduction and Examples
  • Probabilities, Random Distributions, Moments, Properties of distributions
  • Random processes
  • System modelling using traffic theory, terminology, classification, performance measures
  • Little’s law, PASTA, BASTA
  • Theory of Marcov chains (discrete and continous time)t
  • Examples of communication systems to be analyzed with Markov chains
  • Outlook on further tools (matrix analysis, fluid-flow, software tools, Jackson networks, Gordon-Newell, BCMP, Mean value analysis, network calculus (deterministic, stochastic)

Course Schedule

Lectures (L) and Exercises (E), without strict pattern:

Summer Semester 2025
Starting date: 08.04.2025
Tuesdays 13:00-14:30, weekly, BAR 218
Thursday 13:00-14:30, even weeks, BAR 218

The semester starts with an odd week (calendar week 15)!

DateRoomTopic
08.04.2025BAR 218L1: Introduction to Course, Course Overview, Learning Agreement, Examples
14.04.2025BAR 218
E1: Python and JupyterHub
17.04.2025BAR 218
22.04.2025BAR 218
29.04.2025BAR 218
01.05.2025--- no lecture --- May 1st
06.05.2025BAR 218
13.05.2025BAR 218
15.05.2025BAR 218Exercise
20.05.2025BAR 218
27.05.2025BAR 218
29.05.2025--- no lecture --- Himmelfahrt
03.06.2025BAR 218
10.06.2024--- no lecture --- Pentecoast Week
12.06.2024--- no lecture --- Pentecoast Week
17.06.2024BAR 218
24.06.2024BAR 218
26.06.2024BAR 218
01.07.2024BAR 218
08.07.2024BAR 218
10.07.2024BAR 218
15.07.2024BAR 218
July/August 2025t.b.d.Consultation
August 2025t.b.d.Exam (120min)

Module Number

ET-12 10 05
Module Description in Diplomprüfungsordnung

Material

Material is uploaded to OPAL , so enrollment is needed for this.

Exam

written, 120min

Exercises

Exercises will be on discussion base between students and teaching assistant to focus on unsolved problems.