TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS

CHRISTIANCARMINE ESPOSITO TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS

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DIPARTIMENTO DI INFORMATICA
P.H.D. COURSE
COMPUTER SCIENCE
2020/2021



OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2020
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
318LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO PRESENT THE BASIC CONCEPTS, PROTOCOLS AND ARCHITECTURES OF FUTURE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURES AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (5G), FROM ULTRA-BROADBAND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND THE CLOUDING OF NETWORK ACCESS TO THE SOFTWARIZATION AND VIRTUALIZATION OF ROUTER OPERATIONS. THE COURSE ALSO AIMS TO OFFER AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT RESEARCH CHALLENGES IN THE CONTEXT OF 5G.
Prerequisites
BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON COMPUTER NETWORKS.
Contents
- INTRODUCTION TO 5G, ULTRA-BAND COMMUNICATIONS AND NOTIONS OF SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO (SDR). THESE TOPICS WILL BE COVERED IN 3 LESSONS FOR A TOTAL OF 6 HOURS.
- DESCRIPTION OF THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL VIA SOFTWARE WITH SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKS (SDN) AND OPEN FLOW, THE SOFTWARING OF THE EQUIPMENT WITH NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION (NFV) AND THE DIVERSIFICATION OF THE TYPE OF SERVICE QUALITY WITH NETWORK SLICING FOR DEFINITION OF LOGICAL, VIRTUALIZED AND INDEPENDENT NETWORKS ON THE SAME PHYSICAL NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE. THESE TOPICS WILL BE COVERED IN 3 LESSONS FOR A TOTAL OF 6 HOURS.
- DESCRIPTION OF THE FUTURE EVOLUTION OF ACCESS NETWORK ARCHITECTURES CREATED USING CLOUD-RAN, WHICH REPRESENTS A CENTRALIZED ARCHITECTURE BASED ON CLOUD COMPUTING FOR RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS, AND MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING (MEC) TO PERFORM APPLICATIONS AND RELATED PROCESSING ACTIVITIES CLOSER TO THE CUSTOMER THAN A CELLULAR NETWORK. THESE TOPICS WILL BE COVERED IN A TOTAL OF 2 LESSONS FOR A TOTAL OF 4 HOURS.
- PRESENTATION OF CURRENT RESEARCH CHALLENGES IN THE CONTEXT OF 5G TECHNOLOGIES BY INTEGRATING THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND BLOCKCHAIN IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE RESILIENCE, PERFORMANCE, EFFICIENCY AND SECURITY. THESE TOPICS WILL BE COVERED IN A LESSON FOR A TOTAL OF 2 HOURS.
Teaching Methods
- FRONTAL LESSONS
- ASSIGNMENT OF TOPICS TO STUDY INDEPENDENTLY THROUGH THE READING OF ACADEMIC LITERATURE ON A TOPIC PERTAINING TO THE RESEARCH PATH OF THE PARTICIPATING DOCTORAL STUDENTS
Verification of learning
THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TRAINING OBJECTIVES WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMED TASKS AND WITH A FINAL INTERVIEW.
Texts
SLIDES PROVIDED BY THE PROFESSOR.
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