Networking for Big Data and Laboratory
Professor: Antonio Cianfrani & Andrea Baiocchi
Degree in: Master Degree in Data Science
Semester: II
Mailing list: nbd2020@uniroma1.it
Lectures Time
Academyc Year 2020-2021
Monday 15:00 - 17:00 (Room B2 - DIAG - via Ariosto)
Tuesday 15:00 - 19:00 (Room 15 - CU035 - Main Campus)
Friday 12:00-14:00 (Room 15 - CU035 - Main Campus)
The students can join the lectures in person (using the PRODIGIT tool for reservation) or online using Zoom.
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The Zoom parameters for the lectures of Prof. Cianfrani are:
Link: https://uniroma1.zoom.us/j/88236804152?pwd=em4zZGJ3UzEvRXZ6eGtiUE1iZHNNZz09
Meeting ID: 882 3680 4152
Passcode: 108258
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The Zoom parameters for the lectures of Prof. Baiocchi (starting Tuesday, March 9) are:
Link: https://uniroma1.zoom.us/j/83819073579?pwd=YUc1MWNBajh4REZpemExSXo3Q1loUT09
Meeting ID: 838 1907 3579
Passcode: 727621
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Office Hours
Prof. Antonio Cianfrani - Office hours will take place on Thursday from 3 pm to 4 pm. It is possible to fix videocalls in different days sending an email to antonio.cianfrani@uniroma1.it
Prof. Andrea Baiocchi - Office hours will be provided online on Monday morning (from 11:00 to 12:00). It is possible to arrange dedicated Skype calls sending an email to andrea.baiocchi@uniroma1.it
Prerequisite
A basic understanding of programming logic. Basics of probability and statistics. Basics of matrix algebra.
Outline of the Course
Module 1. NETWORKING FUNDAMENTALS
- TCP/IP protocol stack
- Transport layer: TCP and UDP
- IP layer: addressing and routing
- Link layer: forwarding
- Virtual LAN (VLAN)
- Virtual eXtensible LAN (VXLAN)
- Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol (LISP)
- Software Defined Networking (SDN)
- Network Monitoring (IPFIX)
- Application layer: HTTP and DNS
- Lab activity: IP network emulator (Netkit) and packet sniffing (Wireshark)
Module 2. DATA CENTERS
- Outline of cloud computing.
- Data centers architectures, topologies, addressing, routing.
- Job scheduling and load balancing.
- Congestion control (QCN, DCTCP).
Course Object
The first aim of the Networking for Big Data and Laboratory course is to provide students the principles of Internet networking. The course also focuses on recent advances in networking protocols to efficiently support Distributed Data Centers infrastructures. Finally, Data Center architecture is presented and two major issues are investiaged with some detail, namely scheduling and congestion control. The course has also a practical part, mainly devoted to IP and SDN networks configuration and troubleshooting.
Teaching Material
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Schedule of classes, slides and bibliographic material for the Data Center module of NBD can be found here.
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Bibliography
James F. Kurose and Keith Ross, “Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet”, Pearson
Netkit Emulator, Netkit Documentation page
Additional material provided by the lecturer on the Data Centers
Software Defined Networking - a survey