ITNT513 : Advanced Routing Protocols and Traffic Engineering

Department

Department of Computer Networks

Academic Program

Master in Computer Networks

Type

Compulsory

Credits

03

Prerequisite

Overview

The course should provide extended theoretical and practical knowledge of advanced routing. The main part of the course concerns the configuration, function, and use of various types of routing protocol.

Intended learning outcomes

Knowledge &understand

  • Classify various types of routing protocol
  • Compare and describe static routing and dynamic routing
  • Ability to explain the operation of routing of data over the Internet
  • Decide the suitable network protocols needed according to network requirements
  • Classify various types of the traffic engineering techniques

mental skills

  • Ability to choose suitable routing protocols according to the network design requirements
  • Ability to use different performance techniques to compare routing protocols
  • Ability to design an efficient scalable wire/wireless networks
  • Choose suitable traffic engineering technique for specific network
  • Plan and use of different routing protocols to optimize the network

Practical & professional skills

  • Ability to configure different routing protocols
  • Ability to troubleshoot networks
  • Can build scalable networks by using different types of routing protocols
  • Gain a problem-solving skills using different modeling and simulating tools

General and transferable skills

  • Prepare and make presentations.
  • Team work skills (leading and interacting with others)
  • Choosing suitable presenting techniques
  • Learning presentation assessment techniques

Teaching and learning methods

  • Lectures.
  • Lab-work.
  • Fieldwork.
  • Case studies.
  • Exercises and home-works.

Methods of assessments

  • Assignments.
  • Exercises and home-works.
  • Written exams.
  • Oral exams.
  • Discussions and presentations.
  • Mini projects

Course contents