S-38.130 Licentiate course on Telecommunications Technology

Course material

The course books and the books that the final examination is based on are

Paul Ferguson and Geoff Huston: Quality of Service - Delivering QoS on the Internet and in Corporate Networks, Wiley & Sons, 250p, ISBN 0-471-24358-2.

and

William Stallings: High-Speed Networks - TCP/IP and ATM design principles, Prentice & Hall, 570p, ISBN

The books can be obtained at least via various www-booksotores. Prices for the Ferguson et. al book (24.11.1998) at

Bokus - 290 FIM
Amazon - 27,99 USD+shipping
From the publisher Wiley & Sons - 34.99 USD+shipping

and the prices for the Stallings book at

Bokus - 343 FIM
Amazon - 60 USD + shipping

The examination will be based on selected parts from both of the books. The selections will be announced later. Other essential material includes (but should not be limited to):

DiffServ-drafts at Differentiated Services (diffserv) and related research papers
IntServ-drafts at Integrated Services (intserv) and related research papers
SIMA-drafts and related research papers
RSVP-drafts at Resource Reservation Setup Protocol (rsvp), RSVP Admission Policy (rap) and related reseacrh papers
Other sources on
- General starting point for searching Internet data: Connected: An Internet Encyclopedia
- QoS Routing (qosr)
Other books

Note, please, that the above links and sources are offered only as starting points to your papers and presentations. Do not limit yourself to the information presented therein, but seek further!

Presentation Topics (Tentative):

You may naturally suggest your own topic. It should, however, closely relate to the scope of the course and be of close resemblance to the subjects below. Note: FHchXX refers to chapters in the Ferguson&Huston book and STchXX to chapters in the Stallings book. These indicate the starting points for your presentation and paper. You need to search for more related sources for a good presentation. A list of suggested articles to read for various topics is provided.

Performance analysis of window controlled networks (other material)
QoS and TCP (FHch4 and STch10)
RTP and RTCP (other material)
QoS and ATM (FHch6 and STch4 and STch12)
QoS and Frame Relay (FHch5 and STch3)
QoS based routing (other material)
IntServ framework and concepts (FHch7 and other material)
RSVP (FHch7 and other material)
The application of RSVP (other material)
Translation of IntServ QOS to ATM and LAN protocols(ethernet etc).
DiffServ framework and concepts (other material)
DiffServ architecture and implementation (other material)
SIMA - framework and concepts (other material)
SIMA - suggested applications (other material)
Pricing in Internet/multiservice networks
TCP/IP in cellular mobile environment
TCP/IP with satellite link
QoS with TCP/IP and shared media LANS.
Multicast routing
QoS in the Internet - the future (FHch9 and FHch10)

Reserved topics

QoS in the Internet - background (FHch1)
Implementing Policy in the Networks (FHch2)
QoS and queuing disciplines, traffic shaping and admission control. Queuing analysis. (FHch3 and STch7) This subject already reserved

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