Advanced Computer Networks (Summer 2020)

Details

Workload/ECTS Credits:	5ECTS
Module:	M.Inf.1223.Mp OR 3.17: Selected Topics in Advanced Networking (ITIS)
Lecturer:	Dr. Hannes Tschofenig, Prof. Xiaoming Fu
Teaching assistant:	Bangbang Ren
Time:	Tuesday 10-12am (lecture), Thursday 10-12am (lecture), Thursday 12-13pm (exercise). (*Note only until 28.05.2020!*)
Place:	Room 2.101
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Course description

This lecture will introduce concepts of computer networking related to Internet of Things devices. The goal of the course is to make you feel comfortable designing and secure IoT-based Internet communication. The course gives you an understanding of

• The hardware used in IoT devices,
• Embedded software development,
• Local communication to sensors and actuators,
• Internet protocols specifically designed for IoT devices,
• Protocols to manage the lifecycle of IoT devices,
• Security technologies used on constrained device, and
• Data protection and privacy.

There will be exercises and it is mandatory to complete all the exercises to attend the final exam. Each student will be provided with IoT hardware. For software development the preferred tool is a professional IDE developed by Keil.

Announcements

Due to the recent recommendations in the context of Covid-19, we have to defer the start of the lectures of the course on advanced Computer Networks (ACN) to 21.04. 2020. Currently, this course is scheduled in a purely online, non-face-to-face way. We plan to use some tools and platforms, e.g., zoom or DFNconf. Please register into studIP in advance. I will announce which tool will be used before our lectures start. Please contact me by email: bangbang.ren@cs.uni-goettingen.de if you have any questions.

Schedule (Tentative)

Date	Topic	Lecturer	Lecture slides	Exercise
21.04.2020	Introduction to Internet of Things	Hannes Tschofenig
23.04.2020	The Arm Architecture (Cortex M-class vs. Cortex A-class)	Hannes Tschofenig		Get hardware & software working
28.04.2020	Local Communication (UART, I2C, SPI)	Hannes Tschofenig		Use of a sensor communication
30.04.2020	Radio Technologies (BLE, Thread, NB-IoT, LoRa)	Hannes Tschofenig		Use of a radio technology
05.05.2020	Internet Protocols for IoT (CoAP and MQTT vs. HTTP)	Hannes Tschofenig
07.05.2020	Security Threats and Security Requirements	Hannes Tschofenig
12.05.2020	Device Management	Hannes Tschofenig		Use of LwM2M
14.05.2020	Securing IoT - Communication Security	Hannes Tschofenig		Secure IoT communication
19.05.2020	Securing IoT – Hardware Security Technology (TEEs and TrustZone)	Hannes Tschofenig		Use hardware security mechanisms
21.05.2020	Securing IoT – Firmware Updates, Secure Boot and Attestation	Hannes Tschofenig		Write your own bootloader
26.05.2020	Privacy	Hannes Tschofenig
28.05.2020	Exam	Hannes Tschofenig

Prerequisites

• Computer Science I, II; Computer Networks