13M031PDT - Design Principles of High Availability Communication Networks

Course specification
Course title		Design Principles of High Availability Communication Networks
Acronym		13M031PDT
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module		System Engineering and Radio Communications
Type of study		master academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor PhD Zoran Čiča
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		professor PhD Zoran Čiča
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)		professor PhD Zoran Čiča
ESPB		6.0	Status	elective
Condition		None
The goal		Students will learn about theory fundamentals, techniques and design principles of the high availability communication networks. Practical training that will teach students to configure network devices for the fast recovery from the faults in the network.
The outcome		Students will gain theory fundamentals knowledge, as well as the practical knowledge of high availability techniques used in communication networks. Students will learn to solve high availability network design problems. Students will be trained to configure network devices for the fast recovery from the faults in the network.
Contents
Contents of lectures		Definition and survey of the availability aspects in the communication networks. High availability and system reliability concepts and theory. Techniques for increasing availability of network devices and communication networks. High availability network design. Survey and analysis of the high availability network design problems. High availability protocols and techniques. Geolocation redundancy.
Contents of exercises		Practical exercises where students will learn to solve the high availability network design problems. Lab exercises where students will learn to configure network devices for the fast recovery from the faults in the network.
Literature
M. Pioro, D. Medhi, Routing, Flow, and Capacity Design in Communication and Computer Networks, Elsevier, 2004. (Original title) J. Sonderegger, O. Blomberg, K. Milne, S. Palislamovic, JUNOS High Availability: Best Practices for High Network Uptime, O Reilly Media, 2009. (Original title) RFCs and standards (RFC 4090, RFC 5798, RFC 5880, RFC 8271,...) (Original title) Selected papers from journals and conferences (Original title)
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
3	1	1
Methods of teaching		Course comprises lectures, percepts and lab exercises. During percepts, students will learn to solve practical problems. During lab exercises, students will learn to configure network devices for the fast recovery from the faults in the network.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		0	Test paper	30
Practical lessons		20	Oral examination	0
Projects		50
Colloquia		0
Seminars		0