37117 - Multi-Service Networks M

Academic Year 2010/2011

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Telecommunications Engineering (cod. 0932)

Learning outcomes

The main objective of this course is to provide an understanding of the basic principles and fundamental design issues related to multi-service networks. Service requirements and metrics, quality of service mechanisms and architectures, multi-service network engineering techniques and methodologies are introduced and applied to practical examples.

 

Course contents

  1. Introduction
    1. Network services and metrics
    2. Network technologies
    3. Networking needs beyond the Internet
  2. Quality of service
    1. QoS terminology and basic functionalities
    2. Admission and congestion control
    3. IP QoS architectures: Integrated services and differentiated services
    4. Diffserv case study
  3. Network planning and traffic engineering
    1. Network traffic and queuing models
    2. Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
    3. Traffic engineering solutions

Readings/Bibliography

L. Peterson, B. Davie, "Computer networks: a system approach",  Elsevier, Morgan Kaufmann

J. Evans, C. Filsfils, “ Deploying IP and MPLS QoS for Multi-service networks”, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Elsevier.

William Stallings, 'High Speed Networks and the Internets: Performance and Quality of Service', Prentice Hall.

J. F. Kurose, K. W. Ross, ' Computer Networking, a Top-Down Approach', Fifth ed. Pearson.

Teaching methods

lectures and labs

Assessment methods

oral exams

Teaching tools

Slides provided by the teacher

Office hours

See the website of Carla Raffaelli