Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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Repeat examination Resit terminal examination and resubmit CA |
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Description This module will equip students to operate and design future data networks with aggregate capacities in the petabit/s region. The principles of network architecture design to achieve the necessary scale and efficiency of operation will be developed, as will the range of acceleration techniques required to inject data into and extract it from the network at tomorrow’s wire speeds. Techniques for the orchestration of resources and network reconfiguration in data centre networks and at the network edge will be explored, and their use in deploying virtual networks and network slices will be evaluated. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. understand the principles of data centre network design 2. select an appropriate network topology for a data centre network, given its predicted load 3. apply methods of packet acceleration to achieve wire speed on the fastest network interfaces 4. partition networks in the control plane using layer 2 and layer 3 approaches 5. select appropriate packet scheduling algorithms to support network slicing and traffic engineering 6. specify techniques for intrusion detection and firewalling appropriate to future network architectures 7. evaluate a range of new approaches to content delivery in future networks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Data centre network designswitch architectures, Clos networks, fat trees, VLANs and VXLAN, open vSwitch, InfiniBand, RDMA, data centre bridging, P4, content delivery networksControl Plane processessignalling protocols, OpenFlow, SDN, SDN controllers, network slicing, BGPData Plane and packet accelerationpacket aggregation, bypass, eXpress Data Path, DPDK, vector packet processing, hardware accelerators, longest prefix match, NFV, NFV MANO, queueing disciplinesFirewalls and securityintrusion detection, eBPF, firewall appliances, BGP security, deep packet inspectionEmerging network protocolsIPv6, IoT protocols, 5G, multihoming and multipath networking, information-centric networking, time-sensitive networking, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indicative Reading List
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Other Resources 43913, ebook, William James Dally, Brian Towles, 2004, Principles and Practices of Interconnection Networks, Morgan Kaufman, https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.5555/2821589, 43914, vendor whitepaper, Ericsson, 0, Future network architecture, https://www.ericsson.com/en/future-technologies/architecture, 43915, vendor whitepaper, Huawei, 0, 5G Network Architecture, https://carrier.huawei.com/~/media/CNBG/Downloads/Program/5g_nework_architecture_whitepaper_en.pdf, 43916, vendor whitepaper, Nokia, 0, IP/optical interworking for 5G, https://pf.content.nokia.com/t004ok-webscale-ip-optical-integration/ip-optical-interworking-white-paper, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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