Communication Networks 2 / Kommunikationsnetze 2

(Kommunikationsnetze, Aufbaumodul)

Lecture

Jun.-Prof. Giang T. Nguyen
giang.nguyen@tu-dresden.de

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Fitzek
frank.fitzek@tu-dresden.de

Teaching Assistants

	Dr.-Ing. Tung Van Doan tung.doan_van@tu-dresden.de		Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Senk stefan.senk@tu-dresden.de
	M.Sc. Van Binh Duong binh.duong@tu-dresden.de		M.Sc. Yushan Yang yushan.yang@tu-dresden.de
	Dipl.-Ing. Mingyu Ma mingyu.ma@tu-dresden.de		M.Sc. Ricardo Jose Baptista Pousa ricardo_jose.baptista_pousa@tu-dresden.de

Please contact Mingyu Ma or Ricardo Pousa for general questions and problems, and for specific issues the corresponding teaching assistant.

Overview

In this course, we cover hot topics of communication networks, including but not limited to:

Computation in Future Communication Networks and Tactile Internet
Network Slicing
Mobile Edge Cloud (MEC)
Software-defined Networking (SDN)
Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
Active Queue Management (AQM)
Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)
Hands-on Exercises: Mininet, ComNetsEmu, Docker, Network Slicing, Mobile Edge Cloud, Active Queue Management, Programmable Networks

Important links

OPAL: Link

We request all students to enrol in the OPAL course. See the link above.

Module Description

Module Number: ET-12 10 05
Language of lecture: English
Optional course, this course is offered only in the summer semester.

Course Schedule

Mondays: 14:50 – 16:20 (5.DS), room BAR S4.
Thursdays (odd calendar weeks): 13:00 – 14:30 (4.DS), room BAR S4.

Week	Date	Time	Lecture type	Location	Topic	Notes
15	07.04.	14:50 – 16:20 (5.DS)	L1	BAR/I86C	Computing in Future Communication Networks
	10.04.	13:00 – 14:30 (4.DS)	L2	BAR/218/U	Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
16	14.04.	14:50 – 16:20 (5.DS)	E1	BAR S4	Mininet + Docker
17	21.04.	14:50 – 16:20 (5.DS)	–	–	NO LECTURE	(Easter)
	24.04.	13:00 – 14:30 (4.DS)	E2	BAR S4	Docker + ComNetsEmu
18	28.04.	14:50 – 16:20 (5.DS)	E3	BAR S4	Docker Compose with a Real-World Example: Point Cloud Transmission Server
19	05.05.	14:50 – 16:20 (5.DS)	L3	BAR S4	Software Defined Networks (SDN)	Part 1
	08.05.	13:00 – 14:30 (4.DS)	E4	BAR S4	Software Defined Networks (SDN)
20	12.05.	14:50 – 16:20 (5.DS)	–	–	NO LECTURE	(Comm. Festival)
21	19.05.	14:50 – 16:20 (5.DS)	L4	BAR S4	Software Defined Networks (SDN)	Part 2
	22.05.	13:00 – 14:30 (4.DS)	L5	BAR S4	Active Queue Management
22	26.05.	14:50 – 16:20 (5.DS)	L6	BAR S4	Mobile Edge Cloud (MEC)
23	02.06.	14:50 – 16:20 (5.DS)	L7	BAR S4	eBPF + openWRT
	05.06.	13:00 – 14:30 (4.DS)	L8	BAR S4	Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN)
24	09.06.	14:50 – 16:20 (5.DS)	–	–	NO LECTURE	(Pentecost)
25	16.06.	14:50 – 16:20 (5.DS)	L9	BAR S4	Network Slicing
	19.06.	13:00 – 14:30 (4.DS)	E5	BAR S4	Mobile Edge Cloud (MEC)
26	23.06.	14:50 – 16:20 (5.DS)	E6	BAR S4	Network Slicing
27	30.06.	14:50 – 16:20 (5.DS)	L10	BAR S4	Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)
	03.07.	13:00 – 14:30 (4.DS)	E7	BAR S4	Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)
28	07.07.	14:50 – 16:20 (5.DS)	L11	BAR S4	Programmable networks
29	14.07.	14:50 – 16:20 (5.DS)	E8	BAR S4	Programmable networks
	17.07.	13:00 – 14:30 (4.DS)	L12	t.b.d	Q&A and exam preparation

Legend:

L – Lecture
E – Exercise
t.b.d. – to be determined

For your reference, you are invited to watch the lecture videos from SS 2020, which are available on the YouTube playlist.

Exam

Examination schedule for the SS 2025:

Date: t.b.d

Duration: t.b.d

Time: t.b.d

Location: t.b.d

Further Material

Teaching Book

This time we will use our book: Computing in Communication Networks: From Theory to Practice.
An introduction to the book and related slides for each chapter can be found on our website.
We will distribute the corresponding chapters of the book in the course.

The Network Emulator for Hands-on Exercises

We will use ComNetsEmu, our holistic network emulator.