Emergent Information and Communication Technologies Master of MiNE Program Universita’ Cattolica di Piacenza Spring 2001 Mario Gerla UCLA Computer Science Dpt
Emergent ICTs: Syllabus Emergent Technologies: (2) wireless technologies for mobile access to the Internet, workgroups etc (1) next generation wired Internet: high speed, gigabit router technologies, QoS support etc Basic Technology: Protocol Stack Kurose/Ross textbook Prerequisites: background in networking desirable but not strictly necessary Class Grading: HW (10%); Midterm (35%); Group Project (55%)
Emergent ICTs: Week 1 Lecture 1 Basic material Intro (Chpt1) + Wireless Link Layer (Chpt 5) Advanced Material: Wireless LANs; Bluetooth: Lecture 2 Basic Material Network Layer - routing (Chpt 4) Advanced Material: Ad Hoc wireless networks Lecture 3 Basic Material Applications (Chpt 2) Advanced Material 3rd Generation Wireless
Emergent ICTs: Week 1 (cont) Lecture 4 Basic Material Transport Layer-TCP (Chpt 3) Advanced Material Satellite Communications Lecture 5 Basic Material Transport Layer + Network Layer (complete) Advanced Nomadic Router; Sensor Networks Midterm
Preliminary Program for week #2 Basic Material: complete Transport and Network Layer; compete Link Layer; multimedia networking Emerging Technologies: Internet II: High Speed QoS Backbone; high speed routers Optical Networks IP telephony Group Presentations
Emergent ICTs: Week 2 Lecture 6 Basic Material:(a) Transport Layer-TCP Congestion Control (KR-Chpt 3); (b) Network Layer (Internet layer) (KR-Chpt 4) Advanced Material: TCP Westwood; TCP in adaptive video applications; Internet II Lecture 7 Basic Material: Link Layer protocols (KR Link Layer- Chpt 5); the optical medium and its properties Advanced material: the ATOGA Switch
Emergent ICTs: Week 2 (cont) Lecture 8 Basic Material: Multimedia and Scheduling (KR chapter 6- Multimedia protocols) Advanced Material: QoS routing and Acceptance Control; Internet II applications Lecture 9 Basic Material: IP telephony Advanced: The future of the Internet (by IETF Chair Fred Baker)