The module "Routing, Switching und Forwarding" covers in-depth knowledge about the network layer and related aspects of the link layer. For different types of networks and different requirements we consider methods for routing, for the representation of routing and switching data and for packet forwarding.

The focus is on questions of protocol design with respect to robustness, stability and efficiency, also in terms of the interplay with other layers. Security aspects of the network layer are also considered, for instance firewall technologies or BGP security. The accompanying exercises in part consist of group exercise lab blocks.

Topics include: Routing (intra-domain and BGP), firewalling, tunneling, QoS, router architectures, mobile networks where applicable, ad-hoc routing, SDNs.

The module is offered every third semester.

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Björn Scheuermann, Ansgar Lößer

18-sm-2350-vl