37117 - Multi-Service Networks M

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. Internet review and multimedia applications
2. Networking needs beyond the Internet
3. Service level agreement and quality of service
2. Basics of traffic theory
1. Arrival processes
2. Markov chains
3. Birth-Death queuing systems
4. Loss and waiting elementary systems
3. End-to-end qualityof service
1. TCP and UDP transport
2. TCP congestion control
3. Throughput and latency models
4. Network quality of service
1. Router architectures
2. Queue management: scheduling and policing mechanisms
3. Random early discarding
4. IP QoS architectures: Integrated services and differentiated services
5. Network planning and traffic engineering
1. Network traffic and queuing models
2. Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
3. Traffic engineering solutions
4. Traffic engineering configuration examples

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.

L. Kleinrock, 'Queuing systems, part I', Wiley editions.

Teaching methods

lectures and related application examples

Assessment methods

oral exams

Teaching tools

Slides provided by the teacher

Office hours

See the website of Carla Raffaelli