ELEC-E7311 - SDN Fundamentals & Techniques, Lecture, 11.1.2022-11.4.2022

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Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  • Basic knowledge on legacy networking principles
  • Understanding of fundamental routing algorithms and principles
  • Understanding of needs for Software Defined Networking (SDN)
  • Understanding of different SDN controllers and different SDN protocols & mechanisms
  • Understanding the difference between legacy networks and SDN-based networks, and their interworking
  • Understanding the underlay and overlay network concepts
  • Developing hands-on experience on management of SDN-enabled networks
  • Developing hands-on experience on SDN ONOS and OpenAPI platforms
  • Developing hands-on experience on Service Function Chaining (SFC) and SDN-based system orchestration

Credits: 5

Schedule: 11.01.2022 - 11.04.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Aiman Nait Abbou, Riku Jäntti, Raimo Kantola, Juha Järvinen

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

Responsible teachers:

Raimo Kantola (raimo.kantola@aalto.fi)

Aiman Nait Abbou (aiman.naitabbou@aalto.fi)

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    This course covers principles of legacy routing and Software-Defined Networking (SDN), an important cornerstone of the 5G and beyond network systems. This course also envelops theoretical and practical aspects of SDN, showcasing the different existing SDN protocols and controllers, with focus on ONOS and OpenFlow as SDN controller and SDN protocol, respectively. This course also shows the utilization of Linux namespace and Linux containers, as well as the installation and configuration of Mininet and its integration with the physical network. Last but not the least, this course also covers the network troubleshooting by leveraging the Wireshark tool. Using the latter, the student will be able to leverage OpenFlow filters integrated with Wireshark for capturing different OpenFlow messages exchanged in the network. Finally, in this course, the student will be able to develop an SDN orchestrator that leverages the SDN technology for enabling the Service Function Chaining (SFC) concept.

  • applies in this implementation

    Learning Outcomes

    • Basic knowledge of legacy networking principles 
    • Understanding of fundamental routing algorithms and principles
    • Understanding of needs for Software Defined Networking (SDN)
    • Understanding of different SDN controllers and different SDN protocols & mechanisms 
    • Understanding the difference between legacy networks and SDN-based networks, and their interworking
    • Understanding the underlay and overlay network concepts
    • Developing hands-on experience on management of SDN-enabled networks
    • Developing hands-on experience on SDN ONOS and OpenAPI platforms
    • Developing hands-on experience on SDN-based system orchestration 

Assessment Methods and Criteria

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    In-class quizzes, practical assignments and final examination

  • applies in this implementation

    • In/after-class Quizzes (exact % TBD of course grade)
      • Short Quiz consisting of multiple-choice questions that sum up the main takeaway of the relevant session. 
    • Practical Assignments – Active participation to the obligatory SDN  experiments (Exact % TBD of course grade)
      • Each student will make different demos individually and report on them. 
    • Final Examination (Exact % TBD of course grade)
      • Open book or in classroom?
      • Multiple-choice questions or descriptive examination?

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Contact hours 24 h
    Independent learning: 99 h
    Examination 3 h  
    (24 + 99 should be 123 hours)

  • applies in this implementation

    Lectures and exercises on Monday (10h15 - 12h00) 
    Final Examination

DETAILS

Study Material

  • applies in this implementation

    • Introductory Lectures using PPT slides
    • In or After Class Quizzes
    • Practical assignments during the lecture and also as homework

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Students are recommended to use their own laptops with Ubuntu as operating system. Ubuntu running in a virtual machine is also fine.

    Teaching Period:

    2020-2021 Spring III-IV

    2021-2022 Spring III-IV

    Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=ELEC-E7311

    Registration for Courses: In the academic year 2021-2022, registration for courses will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi) instead of WebOodi.

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