ITC8060
Network Protocol Design (ITC8061, 6 ECTS)
This module focuses on fundamental problems of network protocols and various design decisions and it's implications. This will also include security related protocols and give a better understanding why it is sometimes so hard to secure the Internet. As an exercise we will develop and implement our own protocol.
This module requires some programming skills (or a LOT of motivation to spend a LOT of time on learning algorithms and programming languages on top of the network-protocol related challenges). See also here for more detailed information.
The lectures and seminar discussions will be Friday's, 12.00-13.30 in room is ICT-A1. The is optional additional time on Friday's from 14.00-15.30 for coding and time to work on the implementation and assignments in ICT-403.
Lectures:
31 Jan Introduction
07 Feb Layers, naming and addressing
14 Feb Routing Theory I (Bellman-Ford)
21 Feb Routing Theory II (Dijkstra + BGP)
28 Feb TCP & Transport Layer
06 Mar Application Layer Protocols (e.g., PGP)
13 Mar Network programming concepts / Design Workshop I
20 Mar Design Workshop I
27 Mar *** NO LECTURE ***
Protocol Design & Development:
03 Apr Presentation about Design Specs
10 Apr AD-review / final protocol specs
Implementation:
17 Apr Implementation week 1
24 Apr Implementation week 2
01 May Testing with other groups (Note: your code MUST be ready on 30 Apr!)
Testing:
06 May *** NO LECTURE ***
15 May Demonstration / "Exam" (demonstrate your code and submit for marking)
Reading recommendations:
- Kurose, Ross, “Computer networking: a top-down approach". Pearson.
- John Day, “Patterns in network architecture: a return to fundamentals”. Prentice Hall.
- Olivier Bonaventure. “Computer Networking: Principles, Protocols, and Practice” http://inl.info.ucl.ac.be/cnp3
Lecture Slides:
Introduction and Layers (04 Feb).