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Advanced Network Technologies

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 440-4220/04
Abbreviation PST
Course title Advanced Network Technologies
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Telecommunications
Course coordinator Ing. Petr Machník, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1) MPLS technology - benefits, history, architecture, MPLS headers, MPLS from the perspective of RM OSI, LSR, LSP, FEC.
2) MPLS technology – protocols for the label exchange, Label Distribution Protocol, LFIB and LIB tables.
3) MPLS VPN technology – VRF, route distinguisher, route target, transfer of routing information in the MPLS VPN network, transmission of data packets in the MPLS VPN network, MP-BGP routing protocol.
4) MPLS Traffic Engineering technology, Any Transport over MPLS (L2 MPLS VPN), Virtual Private LAN Service.
5) VPN technology – types of VPN networks and their basic properties, topologies of VPN networks, modes of operation.
6) VPN technology - ciphers, hash functions, digital signature, certification authority.
7) IPsec VPN technology – ESP and AH protocols, ISAKMP, IKE phases.
8) GRE, PPTP, L2TP, SSL/TLS VPN technology.
9) Quality of service in computer networks – transmission parameters (throughput, delay, jitter, packet loss). Characteristics of different types of data.
10) Quality of service in computer networks – methods of marking different types of data in packet and frame headers of various protocols and technologies, QoS models (Differentiated Services, Integrated Services).
11) Quality of service in computer networks – methods of handling packet queues (FIFO, PQ, CQ, WFQ, CBWFQ, LLQ).
12) Quality of service in computer networks – traffic policing and traffic shaping, tools for preventing network congestion (RED, WRED, ECN).
13) Reserve.

Exercises:
1) Safety training. Acquaintance with the contents of the exercises and the conditions for obtaining credit. Acquaintance with laboratory equipment.
2) Laboratory task - MPLS technology.
3) Laboratory task – MPLS technology (independent work – 4 points).
4) Laboratory task - MPLS VPN technology.
5) Laboratory task - IPsec VPN technology.
6) Laboratory task - IPsec VPN technology (independent work - 4 points).
7) Test No. 1 (10 points). Laboratory task - IPsec and GRE technology in hub-and-spoke topology.
8) Laboratory task - IPsec and GRE technology in hub-and-spoke topology (independent work - 4 points).
9) Laboratory task - Traffic control in the network.
10) Laboratory task - Traffic control in the network (independent work - 4 points).
11) Test No. 2 (10 points). Laboratory task - Methods of handling packet queues.
12) Laboratory task - Methods of handling packet queues (independent work - 4 points).
13) Reserve.

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.