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 |
| UniVZ | https://univz.uni-goettingen.de/qisserver/rds?state=verpublish&status=init&vmfile=no&publishid=248177&moduleCall=webInfo&publishConfFile=webInfo&publishSubDir=veranstaltung |
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. The registration deadline is at 23:59 pm on 20.04.2020. 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