MC4010 Advances in Networking Syllabus:
MC4010 Advances in Networking Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To understand the theme underlying IPv6 Structure and addressing methods
To understand and analyze the protocols for IPv6 Implementation
To identify and provide solutions for QoS and Security Issues with IPv6
To learn about Software Defined concepts, architectures, protocols and applications
To explore the significance of Network Function Virtualization
UNIT I IPv6 STRUCTURE AND ADDRESSING
IPv4 Address Depletion- IPv6 Transition Issues-IPv6 Structure: IPv6 Header, Extension Headers: Hop-by-Hop Options Header, Destination Options Header, Routing Header, Fragment Header, AH, ESP- IPv6 Addresses: Unicast, Anycast, Multicast – Address Autoconfiguration
UNIT II IPv6 NETWORKING
IPv6 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6): ICMPv6 Messages, Fragmentation and Path MTU- IPv6 Neighbor Discovery- IPv6 Routing : RIPng , EIGRP for IPv6, OSPFv3 – Mobile IPv6
UNIT III QoS, PROVISIONING AND SECURITY WITH IPv6
QoS in IPv6 Protocols: Differentiated Services and IPv6, IPv6 Flows, Explicit Congestion Notification in IPv6 – Provisioning: Stateless DHCPv6, Stateful DHCPv6, DNS Extensions for IPv6- Security with IPv6: IP Security Protocol (IPsec) Basics, IPv6 Security Elements, Interaction of IPsec with IPv6 Elements
UNIT IV SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING
Genesis of SDN – Separation of Control Plane and Data Plane – Distributed Control Plane –IP and MPLS – Characteristics of SDN – Operation – Devices – Controller – OpenFlow Specification
UNIT V NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION
Building SDN Framework – Network Functions Virtualization – Introduction –Virtualization and Data Plane I/O – Service Locations and Chaining – Applications – Use Cases of SDNs:Data Centers, Overlays, Big Data and Network Function Virtualization
SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES:
1. IPv6 Packet Analysis Using Wireshark
2. Verifying the Router’s Link-Local Address on Ethernet and Serial Interfaces using Cisco Packet Tracer
3. Configuring a Windows Host to Use EUI-64 using Cisco Packet Tracer
4. Analysis of Router Advertisement Using Wireshark
5. Simulating the basic network topology with SDN based Open Flow Switch using NS3
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1:Describe how IPv6 interacts with data link layer with IPv6 Structure and addressing methods
CO2:To develop the strategies for deploying IPv6 in the place of IPv4
CO3:Analyze the security issues for IPv6 in emerging applications
CO4:Analyze the need for separation of data and control plane in Networking
CO5:To use SDN to enable and enhance NFV
REFERENCES
1. Rick Graziani,“IPv6 Fundamentals: A Straightforward Approach to Understanding IPv6” Second Edition, Cisco Press, 2017
2. Peter Loshin, “IPv6:Theory,Protocol,and Practice” Second Edition, Morgan Kaufmann ublishers, 2004
3. William Stallings, “Foundations of Modern Networking – SDN, NFC, QoE, IoT and Cloud” Third Edition, Pearson Publications, 2019.
4. Oswald Coker, Siamak Azodolmolky, “Software-Defined Networking with Open Flow”, Second Edition, Packt Publishing, 2017.
5. Paul Goransson, Chuck Black, “Software Defined Networks: A Comprehensive Approach”, Morgan Kaufmann Publisher, First Edition 2014.
6. Thomas D. Nadeau, Ken Gray, “SDN: Software Defined Networks, An Authoritative Review of Network Programmability Technologies”, O’Reilly Media, First Edition August 2013.