Presents advanced networking design and implementation techniques through experiments with network measurement equipment, switches, routers, and management interfaces. The course primarily focuses on advanced technologies including Multiple Spanning tree (MST-802.1s), Hacking and DoS attacks on networking protocols using tools like Yersinia and securing against the attacks,  Router Redundancy Protocols (HSRP,VRRP, GLBP), QoS (CoS, DSCP), Traffic Shaping and Queuing, MPLS (VPLS, L3 VPN), Traffic Engineering (RSVP). Each experiment focuses on some particular aspect of system management, development, or maintenance. Procedures require the use of actual commercial equipment, services, observation, reporting of behavior, and performance, compared to specified requirements. Along with implementation techniques student will also develop the ability to understand the externalities associated with efficient network design.

An additional 3 hours of unscheduled lab time are required.

• Week 1
  Lecture: Overview of Network Analysis, Architecture and Design
  Lab session: Layer 2 and Layer 3 lab refresher
• Week 2
  Lecture: LAN: Campus Network Design
  Lab Session: Enterprise LAN Switching Techniques
• Week 3
  Lecture: LAN: Fault Tolerant Networks 1
  Lab Session: Ethernet resiliency
• Week 4
  Lecture: LAN: Fault Tolerant Networks 2
  Lab Session: High Availability and Load Balancing Techniques
• Week 5
  Lecture: WAN: Layer 2 and 2 ½ Transport technologies
  Lab Session: MPLS TDP
• Week 6
  Lecture: WAN: Traffic Engineering
  Lab Session: MPLS TE
• Week 7
  Lecture: Midterm Review Session
  Lab Session: Practice Week
• Week 8
  Lecture: Midterm Written Examination
  Lab Session: Midterm Practical Examination
• Week 9
  Lecture: WAN: VPN and Tunneling services 1
  Lab Session: MPLS L2 and L3 VPNs, GRE and L2TP
• Week 10
  Lecture: Network Optimization
  Lab Session: LAN QoS
• Week 11
  Lecture: Congestion Management on Network Components
  Lab Session: Compression, Queuing and Traffic Shaping
• Week 12
  Lecture: WAN: End to end QoS Solutions
  Lab Session: Intserv, Diffserv, Compression and other link efficiency tools
• Week 13
  Lecture: IPv6 Crash Course
  Lab Session: IPv6 Comprehensive lab
• Week 14
  Lecture: Final Review Session
  Lab Session: Practice Week
• Week 15
  Lecture: Final Written Examination
  Lab Session: Final Practical Examination

TLEN 5460 (Telecommunications Laboratory). TLEN 5370 (IP Routing Protocols) recommended.

Not Required

If an education officer (EO) is indicated as “required” above, you will need an EO to proctor exams for the course. An EO cannot be a student's relative, friend, coworker, or someone who works for the student. The EO address must be a business address. Provide, change, or update your EO information by completing the EO Information Update form. To ensure we have the most updated EO information, you must provide the EO information every semester – even if it is the same EO.

For those able to come to campus, CAETE provides free proctoring services. Contact us at 303-492-6331 or caete@colorado.edu to schedule an exam appointment.

If you have any questions regarding who qualifies to be an EO, see EO information or contact CAETE.

Required:
McCabe, Network Analysis, Architecture, and Design, 3rd ed., The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking, 2007, ISBN-10: 0123704804 ISBN-13: 978-0123704801.
Lakshman and Lobo, MPLS Configuration on Cisco IOS Software,Cisco Press, 2005, ISBN-10: 1587051990, ISBN-13: 978-1587051999.

Reference:
Pepelnjak and Guichard, MPLS and VPN architectures, Cisco Press, 2008, ISBN 1-58705-002-1
Evans and Filsfils, Deploying IP and MPLS QoS for Multiservice Networks: Theory & Practice, Morgan Kaufmann Press, 2007, ISBN-10: 0123705495, ISBN-13: 978-0123705495.
Odom and Cavanaugh, Cisco QOS Exam Certification Guide, 2nd ed., Cisco Press, 2005, ISBN-10: 1-58720-124-0, ISBN-13: 978-1-58720-124-0.
Hucaby, CCNP Switch 642-813 Official Certification Guide.
Nucci and Papagiannaki, Design, Measurement and Management of Large-Scale IP Networks: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice, Cambridge University Press, 2008, ISBN-10: 0521880696, ISBN-13: 978-0521880695.