| 1. | Course Title | Software Defined Networking | |||||||||||
| 2. | Code | 4ФЕИТ10023 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Study program | 12-KIT, 20-IMSA | |||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||||||
| 5. | Degree (first, second, third cycle) | Second cycle | |||||||||||
| 6. | Academic year/semester | I/1 | 7. | Number of ECTS credits | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 8. | Lecturer | Dr Borislav Popovski | |||||||||||
| 9. | Course Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Course Goals (acquired competencies):
Analysis of the new communication networking paradigm based on software defined entities. |
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| 11. | Course Syllabus:
Introduction to Software Defined Networking – SDN. Need for a new network architecture. Active telecommunication networks and architectures. SDN data plane. SDN control plane. Scalable and flexible data networks. OpenFlow-based software defined networks (FloodLight, Mininet). SDN implementation models. Software extensions for security (FortNox), for wireless communications (OpenRadio, Odin), for network functions (BigData, RouteFlow), for traffic balancing, for energy efficiency. Network visualization. Network virtualization (OpenVSwitch). Applications in telecommunication area and market. Applications in mobile networking. |
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| 12. | Learning methods:
Lectures; self-learning; literature research; presentations. |
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| 13. | Total number of course hours | 180 | |||||||||||
| 14. | Distribution of course hours | 3 + 3 | |||||||||||
| 15. | Forms of teaching | 15.1 | Lectures-theoretical teaching | 45 hours | |||||||||
| 15.2 | Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 45 hours | |||||||||||
| 16. | Other course activities | 16.1 | Projects, seminar papers | 30 hours | |||||||||
| 16.2 | Individual tasks | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 16.3 | Homework and self-learning | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 17. | Grading | ||||||||||||
| 17.1 | Exams | 30 points | |||||||||||
| 17.2 | Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 50 points | |||||||||||
| 17.3. | Activity and participation | 20 points | |||||||||||
| 17.4. | Final exam | 0 points | |||||||||||
| 18. | Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | ||||||||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | ||||||||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | ||||||||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | ||||||||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | ||||||||||||
| 19. | Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | Regular attendance at classes and completed seminar work. | |||||||||||
| 20. | Forms of assessment | Through project assignments, tests and seminar work. | |||||||||||
| 21. | Language | Macedonian and English | |||||||||||
| 22. | Method of monitoring of teaching quality | Self-evaluation | |||||||||||
| 23. | Literature | ||||||||||||
| 23.1. | Required Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | Paul Goransson, Chuck Black | Software Defined Networks: A Comprehensive Approach | Morgan Kaufmann | 2014 | |||||||||
| 23.2. | Additional Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | Jim Doherty | SDN and NFV Simplified: A Visual Guide to Understanding Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization | Addison-Wesley | 2016 | |||||||||
