Software-defined Networking (Winder 2016/2017)

Currently: All 30 (in fact 31) seats are taken. The rest of you will be put in a waiting list. See here for the list of currently registered participants and the members in the waiting list: https://wiki.net.informatik.uni-goettingen.de/wiki/Software-defined_Networking_Registration

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Details

Workload/ECTS Credits:	150h, 5 ECTS
Module:	AI: M.Inf.1130: Software-defined Networks (SDN); ITIS: 3.31
Lecturer:	Dr. David Koll; Dr. Mayutan Arumaithurai
Teaching assistant:	TBA
Time:	22 February - 2 March 2017
Place:	IFI 2.101
UniVZ	[1]

Course Overview

Software-defined networking (SDN) has recently attracted both researchers in academia and big players in communication technologies, and is currently probably the 'hottest' topic in computer networking. This course will introduce SDN in both its theoretical concepts as well as in practical hands-on lectures, in which students will be required to implement SDN applications.

Note: Unlike previous editions, this edition of the SDN block course will be a single course that covers both basics and more advanced concepts of SDN. The course will take one full week (i.e., 7 days) of teaching. In addition to the lectures and practical sessions, students will be required to read and present relevant research papers in a seminar to be held after the course.

Note: For this course, basic proficiency in the Python programming language is required.

Schedule

Type	Date	Morning Session I	Morning Session II	Afternoon Session I	Afternoon Session II
	Time	9:15 - 10:45	11:00 - 12:30	14:00 - 15:30	15:30 - 17.00
Theory	22.02.2017	Lecture I: Introduction to SDN	Exercise I	Lecture II: OpenFlow and its Applications	Exercise II
Theory	23.02.2017	Lecture III: Network Virtualization via SDN	Exercise III	Lecture IV: SDN Controllers	Exercise IV
Practical	24.02.2017	Tutorial I: Mininet: Basics, OpenFlow and Network Topologies -- Annotated Slides -- Rlab.py - custom_topo.py	Exercise Va & Exercise Vb	Tutorial II: Mininet and Controllers	Exercise VI
Practical	27.02.2017	Tutorial I: Mininet: Basics, OpenFlow and Network Topologies	Exercise VII	Lecture V: OpenStack	Tutorial IV: OpenStack
Theory/Practical	28.02.2017	Lecture VI: Enhancing Data Plane - I	Exercise VIII	Tutorial V: NetVM	Exercise IX
Theory/Practical	01.03.2017	Lecture VII: Northbound API	Exercise X	Tutorial VI: ONOS	Exercise XI
Theory/Practical	02.03.2017	Lecture VIII: Enhancing Data Plane - II	Exercise X	Tutorial VII: Geant Testbed	Tutorial VII Contd. and wrapup (Feedback form, Quiz, Paper assignment)
Seminar	06/07.04.2017	Final Presentations	Final Presentations	Final Presentations	Final Presentations
Seminar	30.04.2017	Final Submissions due

** Note: this session starts at 15:15. The subsequent exercise starts at approximately 16:00.