Communication and Distributed Systems

Advanced Networking and Future Internet

Registration and updated information for the lecture Advanced Networking and Future Internet will only be announced and made available in ILIAS. All resources and the slides (as PDF) will only be accessible there. No print version of the script/slides will be handed out.

Details

Dates

  • The lecture takes place on Mondays from 10:15-12:00
  • The exercise takes place on Mondays from 12:15-13:00
  • Period: 19.09.2022 - 19.12.2022
  • Location: Room 002, Engehaldenstrasse 8
  • First lecture: 19.09.2022
  • Exam: 17.02.2023

Content

The course gives an overview of advanced networking technologies and concepts, which are nowadays used in addition to and/or on top of the Internet Protocol (IP). The course covers mechanisms to support and enhance IP routing, such as as queue management within routers, traffic engineering to avoid overload and to balance traffic within networks as well as advanced forwarding mechanisms for routers. The Future Internet is expected to carry cloud computing and (real-time) audio/video streaming applications to a large extent. Networking concepts such as Software-Defined Networking and Overlay/Peer-to-Peer Networks are emerging to support those applications. The lecture will also address disruptive networking paradigms such as Information-Centric Networking aiming to replace the current IP-based Internet, as well as the requirements for Immersive Communications to support novel Augmented and Virtual Reality applications.

Topics addressed by the lecture include

  • Overview + Introduction
  • Queue Management
  • Peer-to-Peer Networks
  • Traffic Engineering
  • Software-Defined Networking
  • Time-Sensitive Networking
  • Data Center Networking
  • Multicast
  • Information-Centric Networking
  • Audio/Video Compression
  • Audio/Video Transport
  • Audio/Video Conferencing and Streaming
  • Virtual Reality

Grading

  • 25% exercises
  • 75% exam