CSC 8580-001 Network Management And Performance Spring 2011
CLASS SCHEDULE
Week#
Date
Topic
Class Preparation
In-class Activity
Week 1 Jan 13 Overview of Network Management, Net Tools Introduce yourself t1: 100-Mbps Ethernet Standard
Week 2 Jan 20 Review IP / ICMP /Ping, Topic selection Read ch 3, ch 6 Client/Server applications lab, netstat, ifconfig
Week 3 Jan 27 TCP Connection Establishment and Termination/ Ping Read ch 18, ch 7 Snow cancellation
Week 4 Feb 03 SNMP and MIB Read ch 25 ping, network map
use snmx (discover/identify network equipment)
Week 5 Feb 10 RARP / BOOTP / DHCP / DNS Read ch 5, ch 16, ch 14 Wireshark, net-snmp
Week 6 Feb 17 Cloud Computing / NMAP Read class handout and NMAP documentation nmap, SNMP MIB Browser
Week 7 Feb 24 Proposed Paper / FTP / Traceroute Read class handout and ch 27, ch8 traceroute
Week 8Mar 03
SPRING BREAK
Week 9 Mar 10 IP v6 Read IPv6 paper IPv6 tape, nslookup
Week 10 Mar 17 A QoS negotiable service framework for multimedia services connected through subscriber networks
Evaluating the Performance of Web Services Composition for Network Management
WiFi Intro
Read selected papers Final Project Selection
Week 11 Mar 24 SMART MOBILE™: NEXT-GENERATION WLAN ARCHITECTURE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKS
Mobile Agents for Network Management: When and When Not!
TCP Congestion Control Method of Improving Friendliness over Satellite Internet
Review selecetd paper
Final Project abstract
Week 12 Mar 31 Network virtualization for cloud computing
Network Virtualization: State of the Art and Research Challenges
Secure virtualization for cloud computing
Review selecetd paper
Final project outline
Week 13 Apr 07 Intercepting Mobile Communications: The Insecurity of 802.11
Wireless LAN Security – Challenges and Solutions
Strategies to Protect Against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks
Review selecetd paper
FP progress report
Week 14 Apr 14 Towards automating overlay network management
Middleware Design Optimization of Wireless Protocols Based on the Exploitation of Dynamic Input Patterns
Review selecetd paper
FP progress report
Week 15 Apr 21
EASTER HOLIDAY
Week 16 Apr 28 Review and Final Project Presentations Final Project
submit report electronic copy by 4/24
more Final project presentations