Master-level course for the following students:
- 1ère année du Master Ingénieur Civil en Informatique
- 1ère année du Master en Sciences Informatiques
Schedule
- First term, on Wednesdays from 9am to 12:30pm
- First lecture: Wednesday 21st of Septembre 2011.
Room
- 2.93, Institut Montefiore, B28
Assistant
- Laurent Chiarello
- This course follows course INFO0010, which is a prerequisite. It explains advanced concepts of networking architectures and network protocols to support multimedia applications.
Reference books
- Jim Kurose and Keith W. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, Fifth Edition, Addison-Wesley, 2009, or Pearson Education (978-0-13-136548-3), 2009.
- S. Keshav, "An Engineering Approach to Computer Networking: ATM Networks, the Internet and the Telephone Network", Addison-Wesley, 1997 (ISBN 0-201-63442-2)
Content
1. Multicast Routing
- Broadcast Routing
- Multicast Routing
- Local Area Multicast
- Wide-Area Multicast
- Existing Protocols (DVMRP, PIM)
2. ATM and MPLS Networks.
- Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Networks
- IP over ATM
- Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
3. Wireless and Mobile Networks
- Wireless Links and Network Characteristics (CDMA)
- WiFi: 802.11 Wireless LANs
- Cellular Internet Access
- Mobility Management: Principles
- Mobile IP
- Managing Mobility in Cellular Networks
- Wireless and Mobility: Impact on Higher-layer Protocols
4. Multimedia Networking Applications and Transport
- Multimedia Networking Applications
- Streaming Stored Audio and Video (RTSP)
- Making the Best of the Best-Effort Service
- Protocols for Real-Time Interactive Applications (RTP/RTCP, SIP)
5. QoS Mechanisms and Architectures
- Providing multiple classes of service: Scheduling, Shaping/Policing, Packet Drop Strategies, IETF Differentiated Services
- Providing QoS Guarantees: Bandwidth and delay guarantees, Resource Reservation (RSVP), IETF Integrated Services
Seminar on "Voice over IP" by Eric Vyncke from CISCO Systems (21st of December at 9am).
Assignments
Two practical assignments per group of 2 or 3 students.
Oral exam
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Questions for 2011-2012
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Schedule for January 2012