Objectives

• This course focuses on Layer 3 and above and the control plane of the Internet. Topics include: overlay network architectures, peer-to-peer application models, end-to-end control mechanisms, inter and intra-domain routing protocols, service provisioning, network measurement, and the related best current practice over the Internet.

Outline (draft)

• Review of TCP/IP networking
• Overlay network architectures
• Peer-to-peer application models
• End-to-end control mechanisms
• Inter and intra-domain routing protocols
• IPTV/VoIP service provisioning
• Network measurement basics

Textbook

• A reading list will be provided.
• Reference book: Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Third Edition, James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross, Addison Wesley, 2004, ISBN: 0-321-22735-2 (note: the 4th edition is forthcoming!)