Network Layer - control plane

Computer Networking: a Top-Down Approach (8^th ed.)

J.F. Kurose, K.W. Ross, Pearson, 2020
http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/kurose_ross

5.1
Introduction to the Network-layer control plane.

Chapter overview; per-router versus SDN control plane.
5.2
Routing Algorithms.

Link-State (LS) and distance-vector (DV) routing algorithms.
5.3
Intra-AS Routing in the Internet: OSPF.

The OSPF link-state routing protocol.
5.4
Routing Among the ISPs: BGP.

Role of BGP, advertising BGP paths, determining best paths, policy.
5.5
The SDN Control Plane.

SDN control plane, OpenFlow, SDN controllers, data place, control plan interaction.
- Knowledge checks
5.6
ICMP: The Internet Control Message Protocol.
5.7
Network Management and SNMP, NETCONF/YANG.

Network management framework, SNMP, MIBs, configuration management: NETCONF/YANG.