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 CS/EE 146 Advanced Networking
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9 units (3-3-3). Wed/Fri 10:30 - 11:55am.
Rm 213 Annenberg. Prerequisite: Math 2ab, basic programming experience
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| URL |
http://netlab.caltech.edu/course.php
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| Professor |
Steven Low, CS, EE;
slow AT caltech.edu; x6767; Rm 219 Annenberg
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| Admin Assistant |
Sheri Garcia; sheri AT cs.caltech.edu,
x6704, 339 Annenberg
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| TA |
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Course description
This is a research-oriented course. The topics may
vary yearly.
The theme this year is TCP congestion control
and smart grid.
Class organization
Wed class 10:30 - 11:55am
- TCP congestion control (5 lectures):
- Goal: to understand real protocols;
to develop and analyze mathematical models of
TCP congestion control.
- Topics: TCP protocols; mathematical models;
equilibrium analysis; stability analysis: global (no
feedback delay) and local (with feedback delay).
- Graduate level; assumes basic knowledge in CDS and
convex optimization.
- Smart grid basics(5 lectures):
- Goal: to develop basic knowledge of
power system, its operation, models and analysis.
- Topics: power system basics: phasor;
power flow; models of transmission lines, transformers,
generators; balanced operation, stability, protection;
electricity markets, optimal power flow, transmission
rights.
- Undergraduate level.
Fri class 10:30 - 11:55am
- Research projects:
- Goal: by the end of the term, every
student should have formulated a specific power
research problem, finished background reading on
related work and relevant tools, started on working
on the problem, and aim to finish it in the Spring term
and summer.
- Fri classes are devoted to research projects and
will be used for literature surveys,
lectures by industry experts, presentations by faculty
and students, and project meetings.
References
- Shakkottai and Srikant, "Network optimization and control",
Foundations and Trends in Networking, 2(3), 2007.
- Bergen and Vittal, "Power system analysis", 2nd Ed.,
Prentice-Hall, 2000
- Patel, "Wind and solar power systems", 2nd Ed.,
CRC Taylor & Francis, 2006
- Research papers
Grading and collaboration policies
- 50% homework; 50% project
- For homework, students should first try their best to
work out the solutions on their own. Discussion with other
students, if necessary, are allowed, but everyone must write
up their own solution.
- For project, you can choose your own topic, your own
team (work on your own is fine too), and your own approach.
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Wed schedule (tentative): TCP and smart grid basics
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Topic |
Notes |
| 1/6 |
Course organization
TCP congestion control
- TCP algorithms: Reno, Vegas, FAST, CUBIC, CTCP
- Models of Reno/RED, Vegas/FAST/FIFO, and modeling assumptions
- General network model
| HW 1 |
| 1/13 |
Equilibrium analysis of TCP:
- Existence, uniqueness
- Network utility maximization
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| 1/20 |
Global stability of TCP (no feedback delay):
- Lyapunov method
- Gradient projection algorithm
- Singular perturbation method
- Passivity method (Ufuk Topcu)
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HW 2 |
| 1/27 |
Local stability of TCP with feedback delay:
- Nyquist criteria
- Application to TCP
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HW 3 |
| 2/3 |
Advanced topics
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| 2/10 |
Transmission line modeling
(B&V: Ch 3, 4) |
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| 2/17 |
Generator modeling
(B&V: Ch 5-7)
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| 2/24 |
Voltage control system
(B&V: Ch 8)
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| 3/3 |
Network power flow analysis
(B&V: Ch 9, 10) |
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| 3/10 |
AGC and electricity market
(B&V: Ch 11) |
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Fri schedule (tentative): surveys, industry lectures, projects
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| Week |
Topic |
Notes |
| 1/8 |
Power system overview (Steven)
slides |
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| 1/15 |
Smart grid intro; project discussion (Steven)
slides |
Proj1: reading list |
| 1/22 |
Economic dispatch model (Steven)
Power laws in networks (John Doyle) |
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| 1/29 |
Irvine Smart Grid Demonstration Project - Goals, Communications, and Modeling
(Christopher Clark, SCE) |
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| 2/5 |
Solar power integration project (Nader) |
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| 2/12 |
Control problems in renewables (Javad) |
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| 2/19 |
Rosa Yang, VP of Innovation, EPRI
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| 2/26 |
Power system simulations (Chris Clark, SCE) |
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| 3/5 |
Geometry and optimization of name spaces (Lijun) |
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| 3/12 |
Project presentations |
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