Guia docente 2013_14 Escola de Enxeñaría de Telecomunicación

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1. Introduction I. General concepts	a) Nodes, lonks and networks b) Access networks c) Core network: circuit & packet switching
2. Introduction II	a) Layered model. Encapsulation b) Performance: throughput, delay, losses
3. Internet	a) Architecture. Service model b) Layering
4. Links and subnetworks	a) LAN switching. Technology b) VLAN and trunking c) Spanning tree d) Wireless networks
5. IP	a) Anatomy b) Addressing & fragmentation
6. IP switching & forwarding	a) IP forwarding b) Switching fabrics
7. Name and address translation	a) ARP b) DNS c) NAT
8. Routing	a) Graph theory. Shortest distance paths b) Link state: Dijkstra's algorithm c) Distance vector: Bellman-Ford d) Broadcast routing
9. Internet routing	a) Routing hierarchy b) Intradomain routing: RIP, OSPF c) Interdomain routing: BGP
10. Midterm	Lectures 1 to 8
11. Transport protocols	a) Service model b) TCP & UDP c) Transport connections: establishment, retransmissions, flow control
12. Congestion control	a) Network model b) Dynamics, fairness and stability c) TCP Reno, Vegas, FAST
13. Web. Content distribution networks	a) HTTP protocol b) Proxy web. Caching. Persistence c) Content distribution networks: architecture and operations
14. Network security	a) Vulnerabilities. Protection c) Secure network and transport layers c) Denial of service. Spoofing d) Fundamentals of cryptography e) Digital signatures