Advanced Computer Networks

1. In the Name of the Most High Advanced Computer Networks by Behzad Akbari Spring 2011

2. Advanced Computer Networks • Instructor Behzad Akbari:              Email: b.akbari@modares.ac.ir • TA • Course Web Site

3. Advanced Computer Networks • Course objective  • To make acquainted the graduate students with good knowledge of Selected advanced topics in computer networks and current related hot research topics. . • Prerequisites • Computer Networks. • C programming.

4. Advanced Computer Networks • Course description • This is a graduate-level course which covers advanced topics in computer networks including both practical aspects and current hot research topics that are not covered in an introductory networking course. We will read a number of research and survey papers in each topic. The students are expected to read the assigned readings prior to each class and participate in class discussion. Each student is expected to do a research project on one of the introduced topics. The research project includes doing survey, analysis and design of a new approaches and performance evaluation through implementation or simulation. Each student will have a seminar on his research topic in the scheduled time

5. Advanced Computer Networks • Textbook • There is no required textbook for this course.  The course will be based on a list of required and supplemental readings (research papers, articles, book chapters, and Internet RFCs). The required research papers for reading will be posted on the course web site. • For the background on computer networks and also for some class lectures we suggest following reference books: • Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, Featuring the Internet(5th Edition), by James Kurose and Keith Ross, Addison-Wesley Pub Co, 2010. • Computer Networks: A Systems Approach (4th Edition), by Larry L. Peterson, Bruce S. Davie, 2007.

6. Advanced Computer Networks • Grading • There will be Homework, Quizzes, Project, Mid-Term and Final Exams. The grade will be determined by: • Homework: 10% • Quiz: 10% • Project: 10% • Seminar: 10% • Mid-Term Exam: 30% • Final Exam: 30%

7. Tentative Course Outline • Networking overview • Advanced routing in the Internet and traffic engineering • Intra domain routing: OSPF and IS-IS • Inter domain routing: BGP • Traffic Engineering • MPLS network • MPLS basics • MPLS signaling • MPLS VPN • Internet multicasting • IP multicasting • Application layer (Overlay) multicasting

8. Tentative Course Outline (Cont.) • Congestion control • End-to-End Congestion Control: Tahoe, Reno, Vegas • Network based congestion control: RED and ECN • Multicast congestion control • Multimedia networking • Introduction to multimedia networking • Video streaming over the Internet • Internet QoS • QoS fundamentals • Internet Differentiated services • Internet Integrated Services

9. Tentative Course Outline (Cont.) • Peer-to-Peer networks and applications • Peer-to-Peer file sharing networks • Peer-to-Peer streaming networks • Wireless mobile networks • Introduction to wireless networks • Wireless LAN • Cellular Networks • Mobile IP • Routing in wireless ad-hoc networks • Wireless sensor networks

10. Tentative Course Outline (Cont.) • Network security • Network security overview • Network Intrusion detection • Peer-to-Peer network security • Internet measurement • End-to-End bandwidth measurement • Internet dynamics and statistics