Content plan - A.A. 2023/2024

Topics will include

• IPv6: the protocol, addressing, management, interoperability with IPv4, and routing.
• Protocols and architectures for core Internet networks: MPLS, Traffic Engineering, Segment Routing, BGP.
• Network virtualization: Virtual Private Networks, L3-VPNs (based on IP MPLS/BGP), L2-VPNs (Ethernet VPNs).
• Cloud networking: architectures and technologies of data center networks.
• Advanced network paradigms: network programmability, Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV).
• Quality of Service in the Internet: protocols and architectures to support multimedia applications.

Reference books

• S. Hagen. IPv6 essentials. 3rd/ed. O'Reilly, 2014.
• J. Evans, C. Filsfils. Deploying IP and MPLS QoS for Multiservice Networks: Theory & Practice. Morgan Kaufmann, 2007.
• I. Minei, J. Lucek. MPLS-Enabled Applications: Emerging Developments and New Technologies. 3rd/ed. Wiley, 2010.
• D. Medhi, K. Ramasamy. Network Routing: Algorithms, Protocols, and Architectures. 2nd/ed. Morgan Kaufmann, 2018
• D. G. Dutt. Cloud Native Data Center Networking. O'Reilly, 2020.
• P. Göransson, C. Black, T. Culver. Software Defined Networks A Comprehensive Approach. 2nd/ed. Morgan Kaufmann, 2016.

Other recommended readings will be suggested during classes.