Advanced Networks - LEIRT

T - Theoretical; TP - Theory and practice; PL - Laboratory; S - Seminar; OT - Tutorial. (*) - Variable.

• Intended learning outcomes
  1. Demonstrate the planning of computer networks, including wireless networks, making use of the advanced features available;
  2. Describing the operation of address translation mechanisms and their impact in the expected behavior of IP communications;
  3. Designing networks based on the next generation of the IP protocol (IPv6) and knowing the differences from the previous version;
  4. Designing and testing of access lists when used to implement packet filtering policies; 
  5. Understanding the advantages of MPLS in the routing of IP traffic, design of small networks using the technology;
  6. Demonstrate the monitoring of vital parameters of network equipment’s using SNMP.
• Syllabus:
  1. Wireless networks based on IEEE802.11 family of specifications
  2. Access lists and packet filtering
  3. Network address translation, NAT
  4. Internet Protocol version 6
  5. Multiprotocol Label Switching, MPLS
  6. Network management, SNMP
• Evidence of the syllabus coherence with the curricular unit’s intended learning outcomes:

  This curricular unit introduces the students to some advanced technologies used in computer networks, they will be challenged to build and optimize several scenarios progressively combining the technologies lectured; wireless networks with dual stack connectivity, protected by simple packet filtering rules, remote manageable and with selective and multiple address translation techniques.

• Teaching methodologies

  Theoretical and practical teaching along 30 lectures that correspond to 67.5 contact hours (15 lectures of 3 hours and 15 of 1.5 hours). The total time for student work is 160 hours. The theoretical lectures serve to discuss the topics of the main syllabus, encouraging interactivity and asking questions. The main topics are further explored by performing computer-based projects and the design and implementation of physical networks through routers (problem-based learning).
  Learning outcomes are individually assessed through written tests or final exam, laboratory assignments during the semester and an extended oral and writing work on a key topic of this field.

• Evidence of the teaching methodologies coherence with the curricular unit’s intended learning outcomes:

  The objectives of the course unit are achieved through lectures and the support material (slides), by performing practical exercises and through laboratory work, where students develop and study the operation of real networking scenarios centered in each topic. The completion of the laboratory work is accompanied by the teacher during the contact hours to ensure correct knowledge and that the skills of the students are achieved.

• Main Bibliography
  • “802.11 Wireless Networks - The definitive Guide“, Matthew S.Gast, O'Reilly Media, 2002
  • “IPv6 Essentials, 3rd Edition, Integrating IPv6 into Your IPv4 Network”, Sílvia Hagen, O’Reilly Media, 2014
  • “Internetworking with TCP/IP – Volume I: Principles, Protocols and Architecture, 6th edition”, Douglas Comer, Prentice-Hall, 2013
  • “Administração de Redes Informáticas”, Fernando Boavida, Mário Bernardes, Pedro Vapi, FCA, 2009
  • “802.11n: A Survival Guide 1st Edition”, Matthew S.Gast, O'Reilly Media, 2012
  • “802.11ac: A Survival Guide, Wi-Fi at Gigabit and Beyond”, Matthew S. Gast, O'Reilly Media, 2013