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.