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Terminated in academic year 2023/2024

Advanced Network Technologies

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 440-4220/01
Abbreviation PST
Course title Advanced Network Technologies
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, authentication, 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 and GRE technology.
IPsec and GRE technology.
Traffic control in the network.
Traffic control in the network.
Packet queues.
Packet queues.

E-learning

Literature

MACHNÍK Petr: Advanced Network Technologies. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2021.

Advised literature

DE GHEIN, Luc. MPLS Fundamentals. Indianapolis: Cisco Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-58705-197-5.
DEAL, Richard. The Complete Cisco VPN Configuration Guide. 1st ed. Indianapolis: Cisco Press, 2005. ISBN-13 978-1-58705-204-0 .
CARMOUCHE James Henry. IPsec Virtual Private Network Fundamentals. Indianapolis: Cisco Press, 2006. ISBN 1-58705-207-5.
ODOM, Wendell, CAVANAUGH, Michael. Cisco QOS Exam Certification Guide. Indianapolis: Cisco Press, 2004. ISBN 978-1-58720-124-0.