Course Code: IP2301
This is a detailed course examining the complexities of IP Backbone traffic engineering techniques. ATM and MPLS are explored as well as looking to the future of traffic engineering.
Those needing to understand the principles of backbone traffic engineering for IP networks.
Experience of IP engineering and an understanding of packet-switched data networks, TCP/IP principles and ATM are beneficial.
Traffic engineering overview
Traffic engineering techniques
Layer 3 traffic engineering
OSPF architecture and operation
BGP and BGP4 architecture and operation
Traffic engineering using OSPF and BGP4
ATM traffic engineering
IP-over-ATM traffic engineering
MPLS traffic engineering
Integrated MPLS-TE approach
The evolution of ATM to MPLS core networks
Generalized MPLS
