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Certified SDN for 5G

Course outline

4 days
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Duration

4 days

Overview

This course starts by giving an overview of Software Defined Networks (SDN), including discussion of control planes and data planes, APIs, SDN layers, OpenFlow Protocol, and more. The audience will be delving into real-world implementation and deployment of the SDN standard. We will use Mininet, the powerful SDN simulation, to build the network topology and show how the numbers of the SDN controllers such as ONOS. Open Daylight and Floodlight interact with Data plane. Besides, the course discusses the various flavors of north and southbound interfaces (their data models and protocols).

Who should attend?

This course is ideal for network administrations, network support personnel, network designers, networking consultants, IT managers/directors and researchers.

Pre-requisite

  • 1. Basic Networking knowledge (OSI and TCP/IP, IPv4 and IPv6, routing and switching protocols)
  • 2. Linux OS (familiar with Linux command and basic Linux administration)

Course Outline

  • 1. Introduction to SDN and 5G
  • Background of 5G
  • Background of SDN
  • 2. Networking Concepts
  • Function of routers and switches
  • Ethernet networks
  • Collision domains and broadcast domains
  • IP packets, TCP and UDP (Connection-oriented vs. connectionless protocols)
  • IPv4 and IPv6 fundamentals (Layer 3 / IP addressing subnet)
  • Routing Protocols (RIP, OSPF, ISIS, BGP)
  • Longest match routing
  • IP Network Services (DHCP, DNS, ARP, NAT, ICMP)
  • Optical network fundamentals – SONET/SDH, OTN
  • Packet Filtering with Match/Action Pairs (forwarding in traditional network)
  • 3. Introduction to Software Defined Networks (SDN)
  • Challenges of the Traditional Network
  • Needing of new network architecture
  • Traditional networking Vs SDN networking
  • What is the SDN and OpenFlow?
  • SDN Value Proposition
  • SDN Revolution
  • SDN in the Data Center
  • SDN in Campus Networks
  • SDN in the Service Providers
  • SDN Use Cases in the Enterprise
  • SDN Use Cases in the Mobile Networks
  • Major 6 technical differences between SDN and traditional network
  • The six characteristics of an SDN Solutions
  • What is NFV?
  • 4. SDN Architecture for 5G
  • OpenFlow Switch (Data layer)
  • OpenFlow Table in details
  • Meter Table
  • Group Table
  • OpenFlow Controller (Control Layer)
  • Southbound Interface
  • OpenFlow Protocol
  • Messages between SDN controller and OpenFlow switch
  • OpenFlow Application (Application Layer)

oNorthbound Interface

  • SDN in 5G Architecture
  • 5. SDN Controller & API for 5G
  • 5G ONOS controller
  • What is 5G ONOS?
  • ONOS 5G Architecture
  • Distributed Core
  • Southbound abstraction/APIs
  • Northbound abstraction/APIs
  • API to 5G elements
  • What is APIs?
  • Types of the APIs
  • 5G RESTful API
  • 5G ONOS APIs
  • 6. 5G based P4 Programming (Programming Protocol-Independent Packet Processors).
  • Traditional Network Devices
  • - Traditional Network Devices: Bottom-up design
  • - A new Network Device: Top-down design
  • - Traditional Packer Process Pipeline Vs P4 Process Pipeline
  • Comparison between P4 and SDN with OpenFlow
  • - Benefits of Data Plane Programmability
  • What is P4?
  • - P4 Features
  • - P4 vs. OpenFlow
  • - P4 in Industry
  • - P4 characteristics
  • - P4_16 Approach
  • 5G based P4 general architecture model
  • - Protocol Independent Switching Architecture (PISA)
  • - Portable Switch Architecture (PSA)
  • - V1 Model Architecture
  • P4 components
  • - Head Field
  • - Parser
  • - Table
  • - Action
  • - Control flow
  • Implementation of 5G based P4 programming
  • 7. Assignment of 5G hands-on lab using P4 Programming.

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.