13D031TIP - Theory and Practice of Switching Systems

Course specification
Course title		Theory and Practice of Switching Systems
Acronym		13D031TIP
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module		Telecommunications
Type of study		doctoral studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor PhD Aleksandra Smiljanić
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		9.0	Status	elective
Condition		none
The goal		Goal of this course is to enable students to creatively solve issues related to the design and implementation of the switching systems.
The outcome		Students will implement modules of the switching systems, in software or hardware, or, they will analyze critical modules of the switching systems.
Contents
Contents of lectures		In this course, we will study protocols at the control plane of the switching systems, as well as the design of their hardware components: controllers, switching fabrics, packet processors etc. Course will also cover the system integration of the components. In addition, different switching architectures will be analyzed in terms of their implementational complexities and performance.
Contents of exercises		Work on a project will include hardware and software programming of the modules of switches and routers.
Literature
V. A. Pedroni, Circuit Design with VHDL, The MIT Press, August 2004. N. M. Botros, HDL Programming Fundamentals: VHDL and Verilog, November 2005. D. Comer, Network System Design Using Network Processors, Prentice Hall, January 2003. J. T. Moy, OSPF Complete Implementation, Addison-Wesley Professional, December 2000.
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
6
Methods of teaching		Work through a project.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		0	Test paper
Practical lessons		0	Oral examination	30
Projects
Colloquia		0
Seminars		70