Jordi Domingo-Pascual (Office: Campus Nord D6-209) Appointments via email
Josep Solé-Pareta (Office: Campus Nord D6-110) Appointments via email
Germán Santos-Boada (Office: Campus Nord C6-112) Appointments via email
Fall
2010 (October-December)
Course presentation:
Starting date:
Dates and time: Tuesday and Thursday,
Room: A6-204.
Important
dates
Assignments: due by mid November and mid December
Presentations: January 2011
This course presents the key aspects and concepts of
the Internet technology which are already consolidated. These technical aspects
are the background of many mechanisms being used in new generation networks in
order to provide quality of service.
The course introduces the evolution of the networking
technology using MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching)
and the research topics about MPLS, network management and inter-domain
routing.
The next block of the course deals with the
technologies for Quality of Service (QoS)
provisioning starting with the basic principles about QoS
and the available mechanisms, and following with the description and evaluation
of the architectures proposed by IETF. The open research challenges are
presented.
The rest of the course is devoted to research topics
related to Mobility and ubiquity, wireless networks, Network Monitoring,
Measurements and Traffic Analysis, resilience routing and energy-aware
network optimization.
The main goal is to point out novel aspects and the
problems faced when deploying Internet at a large scale.
Special stress is given on research topics and future
trends.
1.
Concepts
about Next Generation Internet.
2.
Multiprotocol
Label Switching (MPLS).
3.
Quality
of Service Principles. QoS in packet networks
4.
Switching
and Routing paradigms.
5.
Mobility
and "always-connected" Internet.
6.
Pervasive
Internet "all-IP-networks".
7.
New
network architectures for the future internet.
8.
Traffic
monitoring and QoS assessment.
9.
Network
Monitoring, Measurements and Traffic Analysis.
10. Resilient networks
11. Energy-aware network optimization
The evaluation of the course includes not only the
knowledge acquired by the students in the topics of the course but their level
of participation in the sessions.
Grading includes the following aspects:
-
Attendance and participation (10%)
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Course assignments. Preparation and
resolution of 3-4 exercises/questions. (25%)
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Workshops. Preparation and discussion of
research papers (25%)
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Talk and presentation of 20-25 minutes
(slides plus notes) related with some of the topics covered in the course.
(40%)
Template for Presentation
(PPT)