Hot Topics in Networking

This is the recording of a 2-day tutorial given in May 2002. It is a 8-topic tutorial which covers the following topics:

• 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

The details of each topic are as follows:

• Networking Trends and Their Impact
  • Life Cycles of Technologies
  • Hype Cycles of Technologies
  • Industry Growth
  • 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
  • Trend: LAN - WAN Convergence
  • Ethernet vs SONET
  • SONET Functions
  • SONET: 2001 Developments
  • Resilient Packet Rings
  • Ethernet in the First Mile
  • Power over Ethernet
  • Trend: Everything over IP
• Quality of Service In Data Networks
  • Classes of Service
  • ATM Classes of Service
  • ATM QoS
  • Integrated Services
  • RSVP
  • RSVP Messages
  • 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
• Multiprotocol Label Switching
  • 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
• Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and RPR
  • 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
  • RPR: Key Features
  • RPR Traffic Classes
  • RPR Protection Mechanisms
  • RPR Issues
  • Future Possibilities
• Storage Area Networks
  • 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
• IP over DWDM
  • 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
  • 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
• Wireless Data Networks
  • Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum
  • Direct-Sequence Spread 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
• Voice over IP
  • 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