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| INFO0031-1 | Computer network architectures and multimedia
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 30h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | Guy Leduc |
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| Language : | English language |
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| Course contents : |
- Multicast routing.
- ATM and MPLS networks.
- Wireless and mobile networks: CDMA, WiFi, cellular networks, Mobile IP.
- Multimedia Networking - Applications and Transport: streaming stored audio and video (RTSP), multimedia applications over best effort networks, protocols for real-time interactive applications (RTP/RTCP, SIP).
- Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms and architectures: scheduling, shaping/policing, packet drop strategies, Diffserv, Quality of Service guarantees, Intserv, RSVP.
- Seminar on IP telephony, by Eric Vyncke from CISCO Systems.
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| Course objective : | At the end of the course students will understand well wireless and mobile networks, as well as more advanced concepts of network architectures and protocols able to support multimedia applications. |
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| Prerequisites : | INFO-010: Introduction to computer networks |
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| Workshops : | One assignment based on the network simulator (ns) and one assignment consisting of configuring QoS-specific mechanisms of a router. Groups of 3 students. |
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| Organization : | First term (from mid-September to mid December), on Wednesdays, from 9 AM to 12:30 PM. |
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| Written notes : | Reference books:
- James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross. Computer Networking - A Top-Down Approach (Fifth Edition), Addison-Wesley, 2010. Also published by Pearson (ISBN 978-0-13-136548-3)
- S. Keshav. An Engineering Approach to Computer Networking: ATM Networks, the Internet and the Telephone Network. Addison-Wesley, 1997 (ISBN 0-201-63442-2).
Slides : http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~leduc/cours/structure-multimedia.html |
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| Assessment : | The evaluation is twofold: the two assignments and an oral exam. At the oral exam the student has to expose clearly and in a synthetical way one part of the course, and prove his/her in-depth understanding by answering questions. |
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| Contacts : | Teacher: Guy Leduc, Guy.Leduc@ulg.ac.be
Secretariat: Charline De Baets, ledent@montefiore.ulg.ac.be
Teaching assistant: Laurent Chiarello, Laurent.Chiarello@ulg.ac.be |
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| Remarks : | All lectures in English. |
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