Software-defined Networking (Winter 2017/2018)

See below for instructions to submit the exercises.

There are only 30 slots available, therefore register as soon as possible. In order to register, please send a subscription request here (best with your official university id and add your full name, else it is difficult for us to distinguish your request from a spam request) and wait for a week or two (we usually do batch processing, but in the order in which the requests arrived) and check if your name appears in the list of registered/waiting list participants: https://listserv.gwdg.de/mailman/listinfo/sdn-course

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

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:	M.Sc. Jacopo De Benedetto
Time:	9 October - 13 October 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.

Unlike previous editions, this edition of the SDN block course will be for 5 days and an examination will be held in late November, early December (The examination date will be announced soon).

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	15:45 - 17.15
Theory	09.10.2017	Lecture I: Introduction to SDN	Lecture II: OpenFlow and its Applications	Lecture III: Network Virtualization via SDN	Exercise for lecture I + II
Theory	10.10.2017	Lecture IV: SDN Controllers	Exercise for lecture III + IV	Tutorial I	Intro Lab I
Practical	11.10.2017	Tutorial II	Lab II	Tutorial III	Lab III
Practical	12.10.2017	Lecture V: Enhanced Data Plane I Middleboxes part-I Flowtags	Lecture VI: Enhanced Data Plane II Middleboxes part-II	Lab IV	Lab V
Theory/Practical	13.10.2017	Lecture VII: Northbound API Northbound_Motivation Pyretic p4	Lab VI	Lab VII	Exercise for Lectures V, VI, VII [2]

Instructions to submit the exercises

Please put all the exercises in a zip file and send it to Jacopo (jacopo.de-benedetto at cs.uni-goettingen.de). Those who have already sent it to Sameer, it is fine.

Passing requirement: Earn 50% of the points on each of the exercises

To know which exercises have you already submitted please consult this list