CUHK
IERG5090 Advanced Networking Protocols and Systems
Spring 2023

Schedule

This is a tentative schedule. It will be updated according to the actual progress.

  • Event
    Date
    Description
    Course Material
  • Lecture
    2023-01-10 (Tue)
    Course Administration; Overview of course material
    [slides (lec01.pdf)]
  • Lecture
    2023-01-12 (Thu)
    Internet architecture, service model, comparisons with other networks
    [slides (lec01.pdf)]
  • Lecture
    2023-01-17 (Tue)
    2023-01-19 (Thu)
    2023-01-31 (Tue)
    Bridging/ Switching
    [slides (lec02.pdf)]
  • Holiday
    2023-01-24 (Tue)
    2023-01-26 (Thu)
    Chinese Lunar New Year
  • Lecture
    2023-02-02 (Thu)
    2023-02-07 (Tue)
    2023-02-09 (Thu)
    2023-02-14 (Tue)
    Routing - Single domain
    [slides (lec03.pdf)] [slides (lec04.pdf)]
  • Lecture
    2023-02-16 (Thu)
    2023-02-21 (Tue)
    Interdomain Routing with BGP,
    [slides (lec05.pdf)]
  • Due
    2023-02-20 23:59PM
    Monday
    Assignment #1 is due!
    [Assignment #1]
  • Lecture
    2023-02-23 (Thu)
    2023-02-28 (Tue)
    Router internals, forwarding plane mechanisms, netflow
    [slides (lec06.pdf)]
  • Lecture
    2023-03-02 (Thu)
    2023-03-07 (Tue)
    2023-03-09 (Thu)
    2023-03-14 (Tue)
    MPLS
    [slides (lec07.pdf)]
  • Due
    2023-03-13 23:59PM
    Monday
    Assignment #2 is due!
    [Assignment #2]
  • Lecture
    2023-03-16 (Thu)
    Software Defined Networking (SDN)
    [slides (lec08.pdf)]

    Ref. [RoadtoSDN13] [ONOS14], [OVX14], [Synicate14], [XOS15]

  • Lecture
    2023-03-23 (Thu)
    Network Function Virtualization (NFV);
    [slides (lec09.pdf)]

    Ref. [XOS&CORD], [CORD15], [CORDNFV], [OpenCloud], [ServiceCompositionCORD], [NetworkHyperVisorSurvey], [CORD16], [CORDRefImp] ; [Sigcomm2020]

  • Lecture
    2023-03-28 (Tue)
    2023-03-30 (Thu)
    Programmable Data-Plane - P4
    [slides (lec10.pdf)]

    Ref. [P4 Tutorial] [ICC2018] [ONF2019]

  • Lecture
    2023-04-04 (Tue)
    2023-04-06 (Thu)
    IPv6
    [slides (lec11.pdf)]
  • Due
    2023-04-07 23:59PM
    Friday
    Assignment #3: SDN Lab is due!
    [Assignment #3: SDN Lab]
  • Lecture
    2023-04-11 (Tue)
    2023-04-13 (Thu)
    2023-04-18 (Tue)
    SIP and the Internet Multimedia Subsystem of Cellular Networks
    [slides (lec12.pdf)]
  • Lecture
    2023-04-20 (Thu)
    HTTP1.x; SPDY/ HTTP2; QUIC/ HTTP3; WebRTC
    [slides (lec13.pdf)]
  • Due
    2023-04-25 23:59PM
    Tuesday
    Assignment #4: IPv6 and SIP Experiments is due!
    [Assignment #4: IPv6 and SIP Experiments]
  • Exam
    2023-05-04 (Thu)
    Final Exam
    Time: 1:30 to 3:30 PM
    Venue: SHB833

    Closed-book exam. You can bring ONE sheet of A4-sized paper with notes on BOTH sides.

  • Due
    2023-05-12 23:59PM
    Friday
    Project is due!
    [Project]