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Terminated in academic year 2014/2015

Broadband Networks

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 440-4203/02
Abbreviation ŠpS
Course title Broadband Networks
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Telecommunications
Course coordinator Ing. Petr Machník, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
MPLS technology - fundamentals.
MPLS technology - Label Distribution Protocol.
MPLS VPN technology.
MPLS Traffic Engineering, Any Transport over MPLS (AToM), Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS).
VPN technology - fundamentals.
VPN technology - encryption algorithms, hashing functions, authetication, certification authority.
IPsec VPN technology - ESP and AH protocols, ISAKMP, IKE.
GRE, PPTP, L2TP, SSL VPN technology.
QoS - fundamentals, transmission parameters.
QoS - traffic classification and marking, QoS models.
QoS - packet queuing methods (FIFO, PQ, CQ, WFQ, CBWFQ, LLQ).
QoS - traffic policing and traffic shaping, congestion avoidance mechanisms (RED, WRED, ECN).
Development of the communication technologies.

Exercises:
Safety in the laboratory. Basic information about the subject and its classification.
MPLS technology.
MPLS technology.
MPLS VPN technology.
AToM Technology.
IPsec VPN technology.
IPsec VPN technology.
IPsec + GRE technology.
IPsec + GRE technology.
Traffic control in the network.
Traffic control in the network.
Packet queues.
Packet queues.

Literature

DE GHEIN, Luc. MPLS Fundamentals. Cisco Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-58705-197-5.
DEAL, Richard. The Complete Cisco VPN Configuration Guide. 1st ed. Cisco Press, 2005. ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-204-0 .
CARMOUCHE, James Henry. IPsec Virtual Private Network Fundamentals. 1st ed. Cisco Press, 2006. ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-207-1.
ODOM, Wendell, CAVANAUGH, Michael. Cisco QOS Exam Certification Guide. Cisco Press, 2004. ISBN 978-1-58720-124-0.
BATES, R. J. Broadband telecommunications handbook. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2002. ISBN 0-07-139851.
WOOD, Robert. Next-Generation Network Services. Cisco Press, 2005. ISBN 978-1-58705-159-3 .

Advised literature

DE GHEIN, Luc. MPLS Fundamentals. Cisco Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-58705-197-5.
DEAL, Richard. The Complete Cisco VPN Configuration Guide. 1st ed. Cisco Press, 2005. ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-204-0 .
CARMOUCHE, James Henry. IPsec Virtual Private Network Fundamentals. 1st ed. Cisco Press, 2006. ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-207-1.
ODOM, Wendell, CAVANAUGH, Michael. Cisco QOS Exam Certification Guide. Cisco Press, 2004. ISBN 978-1-58720-124-0.
BATES, R. J. Broadband telecommunications handbook. McGraw-Hill Professional, 2002. ISBN 0-07-139851.
WOOD, Robert. Next-Generation Network Services. Cisco Press, 2005. ISBN 978-1-58705-159-3 .