Syllabus

• Low Level Issues

• Bridging overview, Ethernet, 6LoWPAN, Wi-fi, Data rates, hardware vs. software router architecture, network device drivers, buffer management.

• Network Layer

• route pinning and datagram routing, IPv4, IPv6, firewalling and NAT.

• Transport Layer

• Review of sockets, TCP protocol description, Implementation of TCP Multi-homing, multi-path, congestion control

• Control Plane

• Control Plane vs. Data Plane Internet routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, BGP), router configuration and network administration

• Why is signalling needed? End-to-end signalling, SDN and OpenFlow, QoS and resource reservation

• Advanced Packet Forwarding

• Deep packet probes, policy-based routing,

• Hardware acceleration, network processors.