Double Degree in Electronic Systems Engineering in Communications and Management of ICTS La Salle Campus Barcelona

Double Degree in Electronic Systems Engineering in Communications + in Engineering in the Management of ICTs

La Salle Campus Barcelona offers 5 double degrees in the ICT Engineering field. With the double degrees, you can finish the university studies in 5 academic years with two official degree qualifications.

Interconnection of Data Networks

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Description
This subject teach students WAN technologies which allow the interconnection between worldwide networks, main networks and access networks, as the design of global networks within heterogenic environments applying Quality of Service (QoS) technology that permits the integration of all kind of services.
Type Subject
Tercer - Obligatoria
Semester
First
Course
4
Credits
4.00

Titular Professors

Alan Briones Delgado
Lecturer and Researcher
Previous Knowledge

Local Area Networks

Objectives

- Know well the concepts of access network and transport network, its architecture and deployment.
- Know and apply correctly the technologies to interconnect LAN and WAN networks with Quality of Service (QoS)
- Know well the TCP/IP environment and its implementation, protocol functioning and configuration for the interconnection with networks in every level.
- Design correctly a WAN network in a "Cloud" environment.

Contents

1. Introduction: Review of LAN, TCP/IP, VLANs
2. Advanced concepts: LAN, WAN, VRFs, …
3. Quality of Service
4. Cryptography
5. VPNs: IPSec and SSL_VPNs
6. MPLS
7. MPLS Services: VPN-MPLS and MetroEthernet
8. VXLAN
9. SD-WAN

Methodology

Magisterial sessions complemented with theoretical-practical sessions done in the laboratory. Likewise, the student shall carry out several practices and works during the course.

Evaluation

Continuous evaluation: 40%
Final exam: 60%

Evaluation Criteria
Basic Bibliography

Subject's notes

Additional Material

- "Comunicaciones y Redes de Computadores", W. Stallings, Prentice-Hall
- "TCP/IP Illustrated Vol. 1", W. Richard, Stevens Wrighr, Gary R.
- "TCP/IP Illustrates Vol. 2", W. Richard, Stevens Wrighr, Gary R.
- "Internetworking with TCP/IP. Principles, protocols and architecture.", Douglas Comer, Prentice-Hall, 1991