Internet and the upcoming generation of protocols

• The Internet Society. Standardization.
• The main features of IP : addressing, routing (BGP, RIP, OSPF)...Issues and solutions.
• Local networks/Public networks : NAT/PAT. IPv6.
• The transport layer in TCP/IP : UDP, TCP.

Mobility in networks

• The first generation of mobile networks.
• GSM and its breakthroughs. Packet mode in GSM networks : GPRS/EDGE. GPRS networks routing.
• 3G : UMTS, CDMA2000 ; architecture, throuputs, applications. Evolutions to 3G/3G+ : HSDPA, HSUPA, HSOPA, MIMO.
• Next generations : throughputs, caracteristics (LTE and UMB).
• Inter-netwoks mobility : vertical handover and cognitive radio.
• IP mobile architecture in heteregeneous networks.

Prospective for the mobile Internet

• Mobility, UMTS, 4G and wireless routers.
• Contrôle. Content Distributed Networks. Signaling. Control.
• Quality of Service for fixed and mobile networks.

Evolution of the technologies in the access networks

• Switching : high throughputs, label and contents.
• Content-based routing and XML routing.
• Overlays networks, CDN and P2P networks.
• Services-based architectures.

Controling the Quality of service (QoS)

• Definition of the QoS : from design to state machines.
• Traffic engineering. Source-to-destination boundaries.
• Access control. Packets sequencing.
• Queues handling : RED, RIO.
• QoS reults for different technologies.
• Application-based trafic shaping. The RTP/RTCP proposition.

Technologies and evolutions of the access networks

• ATM, a possible universal network ?
• ATM for ISP and telcos.
• Data control and services classifications.
• Ethernet-for-all !
• From 10Mbits/s to 10Gbits/s.
• From LAN to long-distance core network. 802.17. Ethernet First Mile for FTTH.
• IP for a new generation.
• IPv4 and IPv6. Advantages of IPv6 for fast networks and multimedia.
• IP multicast routing. IntServ and DiffServ models.
• Different class of services : EF, AF and BE.
• DiffServ and MPLS. DiffServ and IntServ : differences.
• MPLS and the new generation of core networks for Internet.
• Label switching. Origins and reasons.
• LDP Protocols , CR-LDP, RSVP-TE, G-MPLS for new generation.
• MPS vs IP. Déployments and key players.

Local lopp

• Optical fibers access networks (FTTC, FTTH).
• Cable-TV access networks. Cable-TV modems.
• Twisted pairs access networks. DSL modems. Throughputs. Other solutions : xDSL, DSLAM.
• Upcoming triple-play and quadruple-play.
• Architectures. Home networking : The Wi-Fi and PLC (PowerLine Communications) technologies.

Wireless networks

• WPAN networks
• Newer generations and the 802.15 standard.
• UWB (Ultra Wide Band) and the very high troughput.
• Bluetooth 3.0, WUSB products and WINET. ZigBee.
• WLAN networks.
• WiFi environment with IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n.
• Handovers, Quality of service and security.
• Fast handover and mesh-networks.
• WMAN networks.
• WiMAX. Metropolitan networks and IEEE 802.16. WDSL, mobile ADSL and IEEE 802.16e.
• WRAN networks.
• Usage of the UHF/VHF bands for wireless regional networks and IEEE 802.22. Smart antennas and cognitive radio.
• Wi-xx solutions for networks.
• Wireless networks and IEEE 802.21.
• Wi-xx networks vs 4G.

Voice over IP

• Convergence.
• Voice over IP, ToIP and VoIP.
• Towards a full-IP telephony network.
• Standards, industrial key players.
• H323 : close the original PSTN.
• Architecture and deployment using compatible signalling with PSTN.
• SIP approach and unified communications.
• An open-system of signalization to build-up services. The SIP Forum. SIP within a 3G mobile network.
• Comparison of SIP and H323.
• MGCP and gatekeepers.
• Interconnexion of ToIP and PSTN devices. Integration of heterogeneous services.

Security and the next generation of Internet

• Internet security model : still avalailable ? Authentication, RADIUS and IEEE 802.1x.
• Encryption and electronic signature.
• Data Classification for security usage.
• New generation of firewalls. Authentication with chips.
• Certificates architectures (PKI).
• Autonomous networks. Networks managment. Smart networks. Virtual networks. After IP.