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Internet and Multimedia Application Protocols (PIAM)

Credits Dept. Type Requirements
7.5 (6.0 ECTS) AC
  • Elective for DIE
XC - Prerequisite for DIE

Instructors

Person in charge:  Jose Maria Barceló Ordinas (joseb@ac.upc.edu)
Others:Jorge García Vidal (jorge@ac.upc.edu)

General goals

This course aims to further students' knowledge on the basic concepts of the TCP/IP protocols and the structure of data communication networks (Internet) that they have gained in prior courses (XC and PXC). This course focuses on more advanced concepts, such as EGP routing, Spanning Tree protocol, wireless networks, mobility and multimedia support. The main topics are organized as follows:

- Routing (OSPF, BGP, Peering, STP).
- Wireless networks and mobility (Wireless networks, mobile IP).
- Multimedia (Coding, scheduling mechanisms, multimedia protocols).

Specific goals

Knowledges

  1. Support for mobility in IP wireless networks.
  2. Routing protocols for medium-sized and large networks. Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
  3. Support for multimedia transmission over the Internet.
  4. Multimedia applications and related protocols.
  5. L2 routing (STP)

Abilities

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Competences

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Contents

Estimated time (hours):

T P L Alt Ext. L Stu A. time
Theory Problems Laboratory Other activities External Laboratory Study Additional time

1. Wireless and mobile networks
T      P      L      Alt    Ext. L Stu    A. time Total 
6,0 0 4,0 4,0 3,0 18,0 0 35,0
Wireless networks and device convergence (4h)
Mobile IP (3h)


  • Laboratory
    Configuring 802.11 networks (2h).
    Study case: Ad-hoc networks (2h)

2. Routing extensions
T      P      L      Alt    Ext. L Stu    A. time Total 
18,0 0 10,0 2,0 4,0 26,0 0 60,0
OSPF
BGP
Autonomous Systems, ISPs, Peering, multihoming, Internet
Encaminamiento nivel 2 (STP) y fiabilidad
  • Other activities:
    Internet Architecture seminar
  • Laboratory
    Configuration of OSPF
    Configuration of BGP4
    Configuration of peering policies

3. Multimedia
T      P      L      Alt    Ext. L Stu    A. time Total 
18,0 0 6,0 6,0 1,0 30,0 0 61,0
Coding
Switching Architecture y routers.
Planning (WFQ) an buffer management (Network)
VoIP
Int services, RSVP, diff services



  • Other activities:
    Seminar:High-performance router design
    Seminar: Traffic controlin Linux.
    Seminar: QoS support.
  • Laboratory
    Configuration of WFQ in routers


Total per kind T      P      L      Alt    Ext. L Stu    A. time Total 
42,0 0 20,0 12,0 8,0 74,0 0 156,0
Avaluation additional hours 3,0
Total work hours for student 159,0

Docent Methodolgy

Theory classes and lab classes.



The lab classes will be 2 hours long, in which students will learn how to configure an important aspect of TCP/IP protocols. The practical sessions put the concepts learnt in the theory classes into practice.



Some sessions are given over to seminars, in which aspects complementing the course are dealt with.

Evaluation Methodgy

Half-term test (Ctrol)



Final theory exam (Eft)



Lab exam (Elab). This exam will be held during the last lab session.







Final grade: MAX(0.15xCtrol + 0.2xElab + 0.65 Eft, 0.2xElab+0.8xEft)

Basic Bibliography

  • Christian Huitema Routing in the Internet, Prentice Hall, 2000.
  • John W. Stewart III BGP4 Inter-Domain Routing in the Internet, Addison-Wesley , 1999.
  • James D. Solomon Mobile IP, Prentice Hall, 1998.
  • James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross Computer Networking, a Top-Down Approach, 2nd edition, Addison-Wesley, 2003.
  • Radia Perlman Interconnections Second Edition: Bridges, Routers, Switches and Internetworking Protocols, Addison-Wesley, 2000.

Complementary Bibliography

  • Catherine Paquet, Diane Teare Building Scalable Cisco Networks, Cisco Press, 2001.
  • B. Hubert Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO, DocBook Edition, 2002.

Previous capacities

Basic concepts regarding public networks (WAN)
Basic concepts regarding public networks (LAN)
Basic concepts regarding TCP/IPv4



 
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