Seminar on Internet Technologies (Summer 2009)

Course description

The seminar will cover selected topics from current research and technology approaches in computer networking. Each student will write a report on one topic and present it during the seminar. The seminar is held on a small number of block meetings where the students give their presentations. There will be no regular meetings.

Passing requirements

• Prepare a written report on the selected topic (12-15 pages).
• Present the selected topic in the seminar (30 min. presentation + 10 min. discussion).
• Presence and active participation during all meetings.

Topics

Topic	Topic advisor	Initial readings
Challenges and Solutions for stressed networks	Florian Tegeler	[1]
Data center networking	Fang-Chun Kuo (Vicky)	[2]
Network Coding and its applications	Fang-Chun Kuo (Vicky)	[3]
Peer-to-Peer Traffic from an Operators Point-of-View	Niklas Neumann	[4]
Securing Media Transport Protocols	Niklas Neumann	[5]
Trust management in decentralized systems - P2P Security	Florian Tegeler	[6]
State-of-the-art and deployment scenarios for IPv6	Mayutan Arumaithurai	[7]
Traffic Localization in P2P Networks	Niklas Neumann	[8] [9]