Internet Architectures and Protocols (Netw_II)

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

Material for Lab Sessions

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)