Next Generation Networks

Quality of Service, MPLS, IPv6

Ph. D. Course 16060

Instructor: Professor Jordi Domingo-Pascual

(Office: Campus Nord D6 209) Appointments via email

Spring 2006:
Course presentation: March 8, 2006.
Calendar: March (15, 22), April (5,19), May (3,10,24,31), June (7,14)
Dates and time: Wednesday, 17:00 - 20:00.
Room: C6 E106.

Important dates
Homework presentations: June 14th, 2006
Paper delivery (for maximum grading): June 21st, 2006.

Outline of the course

1. Quality of Service Principles.
1.1. Multimedia applications and communication services.
1.2. Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network (B-ISDN) and ATM.
1.3. QoS parameters. Resource reservation. Local resources. Network resources.
1.4. Real-time protocols (RTP, RTCP).
1.5. QoS in communication networks and services. The IETF model (IntServ, DiffServ), the ATM Forum model. Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS).

2. Integrated Services (IntServ)
2.1. IS Architecture.
2.2. Classes of service (Controlled Load, Guaranteed Service).
2.3. Reservation Specs.
2.4. Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP).

3. Differentiated Services (DiffServ).
3.1. DS Architecture. Per-Hop Behavior (PHB).
3.2. Expedited Forwarding.
3.3. Assured Forwarding.
3.4. Queuing Disciplines.

4. Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS).
4.1. MPLS Architecture.
4.2. Label assignment and FEC.
4.3. Label Distribution Protocol (LDP).
4.4. Integration of L3 / L2 Routing.
4.5. Routing and Quality of Service (QoS Routing, CB Routing, Explicit Routing).

5. IPv6.
5.1. Description of the protocol and functions (addressing, routing, quality of service, multicast, mobility and security).
5.2. Transition Mechanisms (tunneling, 6to4, 6over4, SIIT, NAP-PT, DSTM).
5.3. Other Transition Mechanisms: TRT, SOCKS, BIS, ISATAP, TEREDO, BIA, IPv64).
5.4. Mobile IPv6 (HMIP6). Comparison between Mobile IPv4 and IPv6 mobility.
5.5. Transition scenarios and practical cases.

References

"Distributed Multimedia through Broadband Communications Services". Daniel Minoli, Robert Keinath. Artech House. 1994. ISBN 0-89006-689-2.
“Differentiated Services for the Internet”. Kalevi Kilkki. MacMillan Technical Publishing. 1999. ISBN 1-57870-132-5.
“Engineering Internet QoS”. Sanjay Jha, Mahbub Hassan. Artech House 2002. ISBN 1-58053-341-8.
“Internet Performance Survival Guide. QoS Strategies for Multiservice Networks”. Geoff Huston. John Wiley & Sons Inc. 2000. ISBN 0-471-37808-9.
“IPv6 Essentials. Integrating IPv6 into your IPv4 Network”. Silvia Hagen. O’Reilly 2002. ISBN 0-596-00125-8.

RFC about DS, EF, AF.
RFC about IPv6 and Transition Mechanisms.
RFC about Mobile IP.

Grading

Students will be graded according with the following aspects:
    Attendance and participation.
    Talk and presentation (maximum 30 minutes) related with some of the topics covered in the course.
    Paper (10-12 pages in a tutorial like form) about one topic related with the course.

The first two aspects are mandatory and allow the students to achieve an 8/10 grade (Notable).
The third one is optional and it is focused (but not limited) to Ph.D. students working in topics related with networks and to those who are willing to work deeper on some topics of the course and go for the maximum grade.

Slides

Quality of Service Principles. (218KB)
Integrated Services (560KB)
Differentiated Services I (334KB)
Differentiated Services II (3191KB)
Multiprotocol Label Switching. (10633KB)
IPv6
IPv6 Global Summit 2003.
    Tutorial IPv6. First part (214 KB).   Second part (345 KB). David Fernández
    Tutorial. Transition Mechanisms (1059 KB) Javier Sedano
    Tutorial. Application Porting (412 KB) Eva Castro, Tomás de Miguel