Advanced Computer Communication

• Course: IM222, Tuesday 17:00-19:00
• Lab:

Syllabus

Overview

This is an advanced course in computer communication networks. The goal of the course is to provide a basic knowledge of the field of network management, understand the challenges of efficient network management, and the modern techniques On completion of the course, students will be able to: Understand the fundamentals of next generation computer networks; Design solutions for ad-hoc, mobile and pervasive computing ; Understand the principles of operation of network security monitoring; Understand the issues involved in deployment of Wireless LAN and 3G systems. The course will not use a single textbook but rather a set of research papers, and it will be a combination of lecture and discussion.

Lectures an Labs

1. Reviews of packet switching
2. Issues in TCP/IP. TCP/IP fundamentals review.
3. Bluetooth, 802.11, UMTS, 3G, GPRS and Edge Services
4. Access technologies: last mile, xDSL
5. Multimedia over a Network. Streaming over Internet
6. IP network performance issues
7. Advanced IPv6 features, including transition
8. Models to support (WLAN) network roaming
9. Peer-to-Peer network architectures
10. Dynamic host configuration methods
11. Network security principles. Characteristics of the attacker.
12. Intrusion detection with Snort. Intrusion prevention.
13. Wireless Sensor Networks, Wireless Home Networks.
14. How to Write Papers and Give Talks

Assignments

Students will be assigned a presentation subject. If you have a paper of particular interest for the project, please discuss it with the professor. Please choose a subject till March 23th 2019.

Presentation Subjects

• Cryptography & Network security - Carmen Popa
• Wireless Intelligent Networking - Puia Maria-Alexandra
• Data Security in Local Network using Distributed Firewalls - Ciorica Florentin
• Network Design- Implementing Redundancy - Diac Dan
• Switch Selection: Choosing a right product - Burnea Marian-Alexandru
• Efficient Peer-to-Peer Keyword Searching - Cristian Dat
• Network Design Wireless Best Practices and Applications - Horea Aflat
• Efficiency over Broadband Wireless Systems - Cioban Marcel
• Wireless wide-area networks - Sorin Diaconu
• Network Distance Prediction - Lazar Robert Nicolae
• Bit Torrent: Architecture and Protocol - Șoneriu Roxana
• Optical Transport Protocols - Achim Elena
• Wireless Sensor Networks - Denisa Hanea
• Wireless Security - Bortosu Bogdan
• Hash Functions, Message Authentication Code and Key Distribution - Albu Ioan-Alexandru
• SPAM and countermeasures - Chihăiță Christian
• Internet of Things - Simona Marcu
• Traffic Engineering - Nicu Marian-Iustin
• Software Defined Networks - Constantin Alexandru
• Conscious and safe use of the Internet - Burak KOSE
• Understanding the Network-Level Behavior of Spammers - Neacsiu Andrei
• Locating Internet Bottlenecks: Algorithms, Measurements and Implications - Mihu Alexandru
• Link-level Measurements from an 802.11b Mesh Network

Useful links

• Michael J. Hanson: Efficient reading of papers in science and technology
• Ashwin Ram: How to Present a Paper
• William J. Rapaport: How to Study , How to Write

Schedule

For mid-April students presentations will take place. The presentations must last for about 20 minutes, starting from 10 slides. Presentations must be sent to cisco.academy@ulbsibiu.ro.

16.04.2019	Ciorica Florentin, Bortosu Bogdan, Simona Marcu
23.04.2019	Diac Dan, Carmen Popa, Chihăiță Christian, Le Roy George
14.05.2019	Burnea Marian-Alexandru, Cristian Dat, Lazar Robert Nicolae, Burak KOSE
21.05.2019	Achim Elena, Horea Aflat, Cioban Marcel, Stefanescu Adrian
28.05.2019	Constantin Alexandru, Sorin Diaconu, Denisa Hane, Albu Ioan-Alexandru
4.06.2019	Albu, Ioan, Chisavu Sorin, Nicu Marian, Mihu Alexandru, Neacsiu Andrei
11.06.2019	Puia Maria-Alexandra, Șoneriu Roxana, Neacsiu Andrei, Mihu Alexandru

Grading

Class presentation: 50% (the quality of the presentation will be graded)
Lab exam: 50%

References