Table of Contents
Hot Topics in Networking
What This Course is Not About?
Overview
1. Networking Trends
2. QoS over Data Networks
3. Label Switching
4. Gigabit and 10 Gb Ethernet
5. Storage Area Networks
6. IP over DWDM
7. Wireless Data Networks
8. Voice over IP
Day 1 (Tentative)
Day 2
Announcements
References
Pre-Test
Disclaimer
Networking Trends and Their Impact
Future
Overview
Competitive Local Exchange Carriers ...
Life Cycles of Technologies
Hype Cycles of Technologies
Industry Growth
Telecom Winter
Glut-sters vs Gap-sters
Traffic vs Capacity Growth
Is Internet Traffic Growing?
Total U.S. Internet Traffic
Predictions
Trend: Ethernet Everywhere
Networking: Failures vs Successes
Requirements for Success
Ethernet vs ATM in Enterprise
Old House vs New House
Trend: LAN - WAN Convergence
Ethernet vs SONET
SONET Functions
SONET: 2001 Developments
Networking and Religion
Resilient Packet Rings
Ethernet in the First Mile
Power over Ethernet
Recent Networking Trends
Trend: Everything over IP
Summary
Key References
Quality of Service In Data Networks
Overview
Classes of Service
ATM Classes of Service
ATM QoS
Integrated Services
RSVP
RSVP Messages
Before
After
Problems with RSVP and Integrated Services
Differentiated Services
Integration vs Differentiation
DiffServ Concepts
Per-hop Behaviors
Expedited Forwarding
Assured Forwarding
Per-Domain Behavior
Problems with DiffServ
Subnet Bandwidth Manager (SBM)
COPS Protocol
Policy Framework
COPS Messages
IEEE 802.1D Model
End-to-end View
QoS Implementation Example
Summary
Key References
Multiprotocol Label Switching
Overview
IP vs ATM
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Routing vs Switching
MPLS Terminology
Label Switching Example
Label Stack Entry Format
Label Stacks
Label Assignment
LDP Messages
CR-LDP
RSVP Extensions
Explicit Route
Hop-by-Hop vs Explicit Routing
Traffic Engineering Building Blocks
Telecom Discovers MPLS
Draft Martini
L2 Circuits over IP
VC Label
ATM over MPLS
Frame Relay over MPLS
Ethernet over MPLS
PPP/HDLC over MPLS
Summary
Label Switching: Key References
Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and RPR
The Magic Word ?
Distance-B/W Principle
Ethernet vs Fast Ethernet
Full-Duplex LANs
How Much is a Gbps?
Media Access Control Issues
Carrier Extension
Frame Bursting
1000Base-X
Maximum Distances for GbE
1000Base-T
How Much is 10 Gbps?
10 GbE: Key Features
10 GbE PMD Types
10 GbE over Dark Fiber
10 GbE over Sonet/SDH
Ethernet vs SONET
1G/10G Ethernet Switch Features
802.3x Full-Duplex Flow Control
802.3ad Link Aggregation
Link Aggregation Sublayer
Jumbo Frames
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
Multiple Spanning Tree
Networking and Religion
RPR: Key Features
RPR Traffic Classes
RPR Protection Mechanisms
RPR Issues
Future Possibilities
Summary
GbE, 10 GbE, RPR: Key References
Storage Area Networks
Overview
Five Trends in Storage
What is SAN?
SAN vs NAS
Trend: SAN and NAS Convergence
Fibre Channel
FC Protocol Layers
ESCON
SAN Devices
SAN Devices
God Box
IP Storage
iSCSI Products
iSCSI Operation
iSNS
FCIP Protocol Stack
Summary
SANs: Key References
IP over DWDM
Overview
Past...
Optical Communication…History
Photonic Sensing
Sparse and Dense WDM
Recent DWDM Records
Attenuation and Dispersion
Four-Wave Mixing
Recent Products Announcements
IP over DWDM
IP over DWDM (Past)
IP over DWDM: Protocol Layers
IP over DWDM (Future)
Telecom vs Data Networks
Telecom vs Data Networks
IP over DWDM Issues
Issue: Control and Data Plane Separation
IP-Based Control Plane
MPlS
GMPLS
GMPLS: Layered View
GMPLS: Hierarchical View
MPLS vs GMPLS
Carriers vs Enterprise
Issue: UNI vs Peer-to-Peer Signaling
Link Management Protocol (LMP)
LMP Messages
Protection & Restoration
Protection and Restoration
Upcoming Technologies
Free Space Optical Comm
Free Space Optical Comm
Optical Packet Switching
Sewer Networking
Fiber Access Thru Sewer Tubes (FAST)
FAST Installation
Summary
IP over DWDM: Key References
Standards Organizations
Wireless Data Networks
Overview
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
Spectrum
Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum
DS Spectrum
OFDM
IEEE 802.11 Features
Hidden Node Problem
4-Way Handshake
IEEE 802.11 MAC
Ad-Hoc vs Infrastructure
Peer-to-Peer or Base Stations?
IEEE 802.11 Architecture
IEEE 802.11 Priorities
Time Critical Services
Power Management
Status and Future
802.11 Versions
IEEE 802.11 Coding/Modulation
HiperLAN
HiperLAN2
Infrared Data Association (IrDA)
Bluetooth
HomeRF
WAP
WML
Future
Summary
Wireless: Key References
Voice over IP
Overview
Scenario 1: PC to PC
Scenario 2: PC to Phone
Scenario 3: Phone to Phone
Applications
Sample Products
Sample Services
Technical Issues
IP Tax
Other Issues
Telephony/Conferencing Systems
Conferencing Standards
H.323 Protocols
H.323 Components
H.323 Gateways
H.323 Gatekeepers
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
Locating using SIP
SIP Proxy
Sample SIP Products and Services
Media Gateway Control Protocol
Media Gateways: Examples
Media Gateway Control (Megaco)
Megaco Framework
SIGTRAN and SCTP
TRIP
Summary
VOIP: Key References
Standards Organizations |