Internet Architectures and Protocols (Netw_II)

The TP will be on Thursday May 28, 2009 in the computer room salle 02 at level -3.
Presence is mandatory!
For more info see below.
The solutions for the homeworks will be posted outside the office 023 for one week.

Contents

Introduction

Fundamentals of transport protocols:

• Connection mgmt, error control, congestion and flow control

TCP Introduction:

• A quick tour of the basics

TCP Advanced:

• TCP congestion control algorithms

• TCP throughput modeling and TCP-friendliness

• TCP over wireless links

• Recent extensions and open issues in TCP

• Interaction TCP and HTTP

Reliable Multicast

Routing and Forwarding:

• HW architecture and packet processing

• Router hardware architectures

• Longest-match prefix algorithms and IP lookups

Layer4 filter

• Flow classification algorithms

Scheduling

• Packet scheduling algorithms (Processor Sharing, LAS)

Buffer management

• Active Queue Management (AQM) and RED

Packet Switch (Router) Design

Ground Rules

Homeworks and Quizes will count 25% towards final grade

No collaboration is allowed on the homeworks exept if indicated otherwise

Everybody is required to do the Quizes and Homeworks and be present at the TPs

Final Exam will count 75% towards final grade. Final exam will be closed books.

For the final Exam you will be allowed one page A4 with handwritten notes on both sides.

Put homeworks into a box outside of the room 0 15

You can get any missing document with E. Vivier, room 0 03

If you have questions, please see me after the course or send me an e-mail to set up an appointment

Homeworks and Quizes

HW due April 29, 2009, 12h

• Text: HW.pdf

HW due May 20, 2009, 12h

• Text: HW.pdf

HW due June 5, 2009 at 12h

• Text: HW.pdf

Material for Lab Sessions

Lab #1: TCP dump analysis (Thursday, April 23, 2009)

• The lab will be in level -3, organize yourself in groups of 2 students
Buff
• Tcptrace Manual
Lab #2: TCP and Buffer Management (Thursday, May 28, 2009)
• The lab will be in level -3, organize yourself in groups of 2
• TP #2

Books

• G. Varghese: Network Algorithmics, Elsevier 2005 (very nice book)
Some other good books:
• J. Kurose and K. Ross: Computer Networking, Prentice Hall Int. (covers prerequists for this course)
• J. Chao and B. Liu: High Performance Switches and Routers, John Wiley & Sons, 2007 (nice on forwarding lookup, classification, and router architectures)