Website
Curriculum

Modul CS5158 T

Module part: Advanced Internet Technologies (AdInternea)

Duration:


1 Semester
Turnus of offer:


every summer semester
Credit points:


4
Course of studies, specific field and terms:
  • Master Computer Science 2019 (module part), Module part, Arbitrary semester
  • Master Entrepreneurship in Digital Technologies 2020 (module part), Module part, Arbitrary semester
  • Master IT-Security 2019 (module part), Module part, 1st or 2nd semester
  • Master Entrepreneurship in Digital Technologies 2014 (module part), Module part, Arbitrary semester
  • Master Computer Science 2014 (module part), Module part, Arbitrary semester
Classes and lectures:
  • Advanced Internet Technologies (lecture, 2 SWS)
  • Advanced Internet Technologies (exercise, 1 SWS)
Workload:
  • 15 Hours exam preparation
  • 60 Hours private studies
  • 45 Hours in-classroom work
Contents of teaching:
  • 1. Fundamentals: Internet architecture, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
  • 2. Software-Defined Networking (SDN): Rationale, OpenFlow, P4
  • 3. Transport Layer: QUIC, HTTP3, MQTT, IoT
  • 4. Specialized network architectures: named data networking (NDN), LoRaWAN, delay-tolerant networking (DTN)
  • 5. Future topics: security, future of the Internet
Qualification-goals/Competencies:
  • Students understand the fundamental design decisions that led to the development of Internet protocols.
  • They are familiar with basic, generally applicable criteria for network design (end-to-end argument, fate sharing, etc.).
  • They can explain and apply current routing methods such as BGP, MPLS, and SDN in detail.
  • They can explain the differences between modern transport protocols such as QUIC, HTTP, and MQTT and their predecessors, describe the protocols, and use them in their application contexts.
  • They are familiar with the basic principles of current specialized network technologies such as NDN, LoRaWAN, and DTN and know when and how to use them.
  • They have a clear idea of the development paths the Internet may follow in the future.
Grading through:
  • exam type depends on main module
Responsible for this module:
Teachers:
Literature:
Language:
  • German and English skills required
Notes:

(Was module part of CS4509)
(Is equal to CS5158)

Entry requirements to take the module:
- None

Admission requirements for participation in module examination(s):
- See higher-level module

Module examination(s):
- see superordinate module

Letzte Änderung:
26.8.2025