ELT-53006 Networking Laboratory II, 3-5 cr

Additional information

This course is complimentary with ELT-53108 Computer Networking II, and should be taken in parallel with it.
Suitable for postgraduate studies.

Person responsible

Dmitri Moltchanov, Alexander Pyattaev, Jani Urama, Mikko Valkama, Evgeny Kucheryavy

Lessons

Implementation Period Person responsible Requirements
ELT-53006 2018-01 4 Dmitri Moltchanov
Jani Urama
Five exercises that consist of a preliminary report, a guided laboratory session and a post-lab report. At least 3 out of 5 labs must be completed.

Learning Outcomes

By carrying out practical assignments, the student gains skills that help him/her apply the theoretical knowledge of computer networking into the problems that arise in the real world. Additionally, course gives experience in group work on computer networking. The course is complementary to ELT-53108 Computer Networking II.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. The goal of the VPN assignment is to provide basic operation of the IPSEC: the exchange of keys and encryption of the transmission.   Network security  IPsec 
2. The goal of the BGP-task is to provide a deeper idea how exterior gateway protocols work in practice. The material contains the usage of BGP for controlling the incoming traffic in multi-operator environment. During the task, a network composed of five routers and four operators, is being configured and different traffic-controlling tests are being applied.    BGP 
3. Use-cases and configuration of MPLS domain in a lab environment are practiced.     
4. Quality of service assurance, DiffServ support and queuing disciplines are studied. RED algorithm is dimensioned and configured in routers.  Statistics, basics of queuing theory   
5. Cloud and distributed storage topics are considered - networked file systems, redundancy and fault-tolerant storage.  Software systems, file systems.   

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

The assessments of laboratory courses are based on achieving the goals of the assignments in the laboratory, and on the quality of pre-lab and post-lab reports. Each completed lab gives 1 CP, and the grade is determined by the quality of submitted reports.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
ELT-51002 Tietoverkkojen laboratoriotyöt I Mandatory   1
ELT-51007 Networking Laboratory I Mandatory   1
ELT-51108 Computer Networking I Mandatory   1
ELT-53108 Computer Networking II Advisable   2

1 . Or equivalent knowledge from other studies.

2 . Highly recommended to be taken at the same time.

Additional information about prerequisites
ELT-53108 Computer Networking II is highly recommended in parallel with this course, as the lectures provide the necessary material for the labs.

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

Updated by: Urama Jani, 20.09.2018