58315307: Seminar on SDN+NFV
Page last updated on Sep 1, 2015.
| Time | Room | Date |
| Wed 12-14 | C220 | 02.09.2015-14.10.2015 28.10.2015-09.12.2015 |
- Instructors
- Sasu Tarkoma
- Ashwin Rao
[Overview] [ Weekly Schedule ] [ Report Template ] [ Reviews ] [ Grading ]
Overview
Telecom providers, datacenter operators, and equipment manufacturers are actively evaluating technologies that can be leveraged to not only architect future communication networks, but also re-structure existing networks to serve the ever-changing usage of communication networks. Two technologies that can be leveraged for this exercise are Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networks (SDNs). NFVs enable virtualization technologies (e.g., virtual machines) to be used to deploy network functions such as Intrusion Detection Systems, Load Balancers, etc. NFVs thus enable the possibility for a fast roll-out of networking services and also to scale these services on demand. SDNs offer solutions to programmatically configure and manage the connectivity between these network functions. SDNs thus simplify network management by providing a clean and open interface between the network functions and the software controller managing these devices.
During this seminar course, the students will get an opportunity to explore SDNs and NFV with the help of seminal and recent papers that explore NFVs and SDNs through different perspectives such as distributed systems, operating systems, and programming languages. The high level objectives of this seminar course are detailed in the following URL [Objectives of a Seminar Course]
Weekly Schedule
| Day | Agenda | Course Material |
| 02.09.2015 | Overview of NFV and SDN Course requirement Grading policy List of seed papers Tentative Schedule |
Slides Annotated version of Road to SDN Seed Papers (zip) How to Read a Paper Comic on how not to submit the report |
| 09.09.2015 | Report Template Discussion on Topics Selection of Topic Shortlisting papers to read for report |
Slides Latex template for report (md5: eb693fbb8e4ea89c64ef89b9245501c5) Google Doc on Topics |
| 16.09.2015 | 20-30 minute video presentation Discussion of video Discussion on first pass of papers shortlisted Writing an outline for report Shortlisting papers to cite |
Video: Gentle Introduction to Software-Defined Networking, by Scott Shenker Comic: Report Outline Comic: References |
| 23.09.2015 | 20-30 minute video presentation Discussion of video Discussion on first pass of papers decided to be cited |
Video: The Middlebox Manifesto, by Vyas Sekar Making Middleboxes Someone Else’s Problem: Network Processing as a Cloud Service xkcd: Heartbleed |
| 30.09.2015 | 40 minute video presentation Discussion of video Expanding the report outline |
Dynamic Service Chaining for SDN NFV Service Function Chaining (SFC) Architecture |
| 07.10.2015 |
50 minute video presentation Discussion of video Schedule for presentations and report 15-20 minute talk followed by 5 to 10 min Q&A from 11.11.2015 to 02.12.2015 Deadline for submitting report 22.11.2015 (moodle link will be provided) Deadline for submitting reviews 04.12.2015 (moodle link will be provided) |
Making SDNs Work, by Nick McKeown |
| 14.10.2015 | Discussion on seminar report and presentations (attendance not mandatory) | - |
| 28.10.2015 | Discussion on seminar report and presentations (attendance not mandatory) | - |
| 04.11.2015 | Example talk on topic not chosen by students | Slides (odp) (pdf) |
| 11.11.2015 | Student Presentation | Schedule |
| 18.11.2015 | Student Presentation | Schedule |
| 22.11.2015 | Deadline for submitting reports (no class on this day) | Click here for Moodle submission link |
| 25.11.2015 | Student Presentation | Schedule |
| 02.12.2015 | Student Presentation | Schedule |
| 04.12.2015 | Deadline for submitting reviews (no class on this day) | - |
| 09.12.2015 | Discussion on Reviews | - |
Report Template
Latex template for report (md5: eb693fbb8e4ea89c64ef89b9245501c5)Reviews
Reviews have to be written on your own. You are expected to write a detailed review explaining clearly the following:- What are the key take aways from the report? 1-2 sentences.
- What are the strengths of this report? 3-5 sentences.
- What are the main weaknesses of this report? 3-5 sentences.
- If you were to present this topic, what would you do differently? 1-2 sentences.
- Which ideas do you see for future research work on this topic? At least 3-5 sentences.
- Why do you like/dislike this report? 1-2 sentences.
Grading
Grading is done on a scale of 1 to 5
| 40% | Report |
| 30% | Oral Presentation |
| 20% | Peer Review of Reports |
| 10% | Participation |
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