| Topic |
Sub-topic |
| 1. Introduction |
1.1. Network elements, types of links, services and protocols
1.2. Switching techniques: circuits, messages and packets
1.3. Reference models and service modes |
| 2. Packet switching (I): Link Transmission |
2.1. Packet framing and Frame transmission
2.2. Forwarding techniques.
2.3. Generalized forwarding. Correspondence and action
2.4. Statistical multiplexing
2.5. ARQ Techniques
2.6. Flow control |
| 3. Packet switching (II): Path Transmission |
3.1. Fundamental performance metrics: delay, losses, equivalent capacity
3.2. Reliability (hop-by-hop vs. end-to-end) |
| 4. The data plane (I): IEEE 802.x networks |
4.1. Link lawyer. Link types
4.2. IEEE 802 project
4.3. Flat addressing in iEEE 802
4.4. Bridges IEEE 802
4.5. IEEE 802.3: Ethernet
4.6. IEEE 802.11: WiFi |
| 5. The data plane (II): IP networks |
5.1. Internet and IP
5.2. Hierarchical addressing. Structure of IP addresses
5.3. Routers and forwarding tables
5.4. Correspondence in IP (longest prefix match)
5.5. The IP protocol. IPv4 and IPv6
5.6. Addressing scopes. Private networks
5.7. NAT |
| 6. Interconnection of link networks |
6.1. IP as interconnection network
6.2. Routers vs. bridges
6.3. Translation between link and network addresses: NDP/ARP
6.4. Fragmentation in IP |
| 7. The control plane (I): Distributed control in IEEE 802.X networks |
7.1. Data and control planes. Distributed and centralized control.
7.2. Control plane in IEEE 802 networks
7.3. Backward Learning
7.4. Spanning Tree Control (STP) |
| 8. The control plane (II): Distributed control in Internet |
8.1. The problem of routing. Key elements: Algorithms, protocols, RIB
8.2. Hierarchical routing on the Internet: Autonomous systems and domains
8.3. Format of the RIB. Obtaining the FIB
8.4. Intra-domain routing. Main IGPs: RIP and OSPF
8.5. Inter-AS routing: BGP |
| 9. The control plane (III): Centralized control |
9.1. Software Defined Networks (SDN). Key features and architecture
9.2. Components of an SDN controller
9.3. Openflow |
| 10. The Transport Layer |
10.1. Multiplexing, reliability and transmission modes
10.2. Transport protocols
10.3. UDP
10.4. TCP: Connection management. Ordered delivery. ARQ and flow control in TCP |
| 11. Congestion control |
11.1. The problem of congestion
11.2. Congestion control: objectives, requirements, types of mechanisms
11.3. Congestion Control in TCP. The AIMD algorithm
11.4. Classic implementations: Tahoe, Reno
11.5. Delay-based mechanisms. Vegas |
| 12. Internet Security |
12.1. Secure communication systems
12.2. Confidentiality. Symmetric and asymmetric cryptography
12.3. Authenticity and integrity. Hash functions. Digital signatures
12.4. Availability. DDoS Attacks
12.5. Secure Transport: TLS over TCP |
