Building Adaptive Networks with Software Defined Networking
Konstruktion av adaptiva nätverk med SDN-teknologi

EIT185F, 10 högskolepoäng

Gäller från och med: Autumn 2018
Beslutad av: Professor Thomas Johansson
Datum för fastställande: 2019-06-05

Allmänna uppgifter

Avdelning: Electrical and Information Technology
Kurstyp: Ren forskarutbildningskurs
Undervisningsspråk: English

Syfte

The course aims at understanding how software defined networking can be used to both simulate complex networks and to build such networks for systems with high requirements on adaptiveness and management.

Mål

Kunskap och förståelse

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• Describe the advantages and limitations of using SDN
• Describe the northbound and southbound interfaces and how they are used to define and build an SDN network
• Describe the different network protocols and architectures used in SDN
• Describe the purpose, advantages and disadvantages of current component implementations in SDN architectures
• Describe the trade-offs between various SDN architectures

Färdighet och förmåga

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• Be able to use the most important tools for controlling and monitoring network traffic
• Be able to design and implement an SDN-network for a specific scenario and use case
• Be able to apply the design choices in order to implement use cases
• Be able to apply state of the art protocols for management of SDN components
• Be able to adapt, extend and implement SDN applications

Värderingsförmåga och förhållningssätt

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• Be able to discuss specific use cases for SDN and design choices for building the network
• Be able to discuss and present an implemented SDN application and argue for the design choices made
• Be able to discuss the main reasons for using SDN for certain use cases
• Be able to analyze and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of applying SDN for certain use cases compared to non-SDN approaches
• Be able to discuss the interaction of the implemented SDN deployment with other connected systems

Kursinnehåll

The course consists of two main parts. The first part is aimed at understanding the motivation, the underlying technology, the advantages and limitations, and the different tools used to build complex networks using SDN. The second part is a project, where the students identify a problem, formulate it in the context of a use case and implement a software defined network in order to solve the identified problem.

Kurslitteratur

Forskningsartiklar.
Some articles will be handed out, and some will be identified by the students.

Kursens undervisningsformer

Undervisningsformer: Seminarier, projekt, litteraturkurs som självstudier. The first half is mainly a literature study and seminars. The second half is a project part consisting of weekly meetings with the course responsible.

Kursens examination

Examinationsformer: Skriftlig rapport, seminarieföredrag av deltagarna
Betygsskala: Underkänd, godkänd
Examinator:

Antagningsuppgifter

Förutsatta förkunskaper: Basic knowledge in computer networks, network protocols and Python programming

Övrig information

We expect to run the course about every 3 years, when there is enough interest from PhD students. Course coordinator Martin Hell, martin.hell@eit.lth.se

Kurstillfällesinformation

Kontaktinformation och övrigt

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