Day 1: IP Concepts & IPv4 Protocol
Packet Networking Concepts
- Circuits, Packets and Cells
- Multiplexing & Addressing
- TDM and Time Slots
- TDM and Frequencies
- Stat Muxing & Addresses: Virtual Connection Identifiers (VCIs), Classful and Classless IP Addressing
- Error Handling
- Discard
- Retransmission
- Forward Error Correction (FEC)
- Routing & Forwarding
- Multiplexing & Addressing
- Packets, Flows and Sessions
- Broadband vs Narrowband
- (Very) Brief History of IP
- IPv4 & IPv6 Highlights
- NIST Profile for IPv6 in the US Government
- IP Global View & Future
IPv4 Protocol
- Lower OSI Layers
- Upper OSI Layers
- Layer 3 Functionality
- End Systems
- Intermediate Systems
- IP v4 Header Fields and Functions
- Protocol Processing
- ICMP
- PING
- TRACE ROUTE
Hands-on IPv4 Lab
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- Protocol Analyzer Overview
- Load and Run WireShark Protocol Analyzer
- WireShark Familiarity Exercise
- IPv4 Protocol Trace Analysis
- Analysis and Reporting Exercise
- Independent Discovery, Time Permitting
Day 1 Review
Day 2: IPv6 Protocol, IP Routing and QoS
IPv6 Protocol Overview
- Need for IPv6
- Interim Fixes/Patches to IPv4
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- Network Address Translation (NAT) and Port Address Translation (PAT)
- Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
- Addressing, Structure and Address Space
- Unicast, Multicast and Anycast
- Discovery: Neighbor and Multicast Listener
- Autoconfiguration and Name Resolution
- ICMPv6 and Management Tools
- Header Format
- Migration
Hands-on IPv6 Lab
- IPv6 Protocol Trace Analysis
- Analysis and Reporting Exercise
- Independent Discovery, Time Permitting
IP Routing
- Routing Basics
- Topology Discovery
- Routing Tables
- Interior and Exterior Routing Protocols
Exercise: Welcome to the Human Network
- Router Simulation Using Class Participants
- Router Functions, Routing Tables
- Route Failures and Route Resilience
IP Quality of Service (QoS)
- General QoS Concepts
- IPv4 and IPv6 Variations
- QoS Models
- Prioritization
- Bandwidth Reservation
- Route Optimization
- Hybrid(s)
- QoS Issues in Multimedia Networks
Day 2 Review
Day 3: IP Security and IPSec
IP Security and IPSec Concepts
- Introductions: Bob, Alice, Malory & Eve
- Crypto Concepts
- Keys and Key Management
- Public/Private Key Infrastructure
- Key Recovery
- Tunnels and L2TPv3
- Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
- IPSec Architectural Model
Hands-On L2TPv3 Lab
- L2TPv3 Tunnel Setup
- Logical Multimedia Connections
- Lab Includes PPP, L2TPv3, PAP and CHAP
IPSec Overview
- Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
- Authentication Header (AH)
- Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
IPSec Architecture
- IETF IPSec Roadmap
- IPSec Implementation
- IPSec Modes
- Security Associations (SAs)
- IPSec Processing
Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
- ESP Header
- ESP Modes
- ESP Procedures
Authentication Header (AH)
- AH Header
- AH Modes
- AH Procedures
The Internet Key Exchange
- ISAKMP
- Public/Private Key Exchange Systems
- Diffie-Hellman and Variations
- Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
- ISAKMP Domain of Interpretation (DOI)
Hands-on IPSec Lab
- ESP & AH Headers
- ISAKMP/IKE and Security Associations
- Independent Discovery, Time Permitting
Day 3 Review
Day 4: Everything over IP
Data, Voice, Video, Signaling & Telemetry
Brief History
- H.323 vs SIP vs Skinny vs TIPHON
- SIP Wins!
Architectural Models
- H.323
- SIP / SIP-T
- Skinny
- Megaco
- MGCP
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
- SIP in Multimedia
- SIP Servers
- Proxy Servers
- Redirect Servers
- Location and Directory Servers
- Registration
- Locating SIP Servers
- SIP Messages and Procedures
- Message Structure
- Requests and Responses
- Addressing
- Completion/Error Codes
- Basic Call Flows and Service Examples
- Media Streams/Packets in SIP Sessions
- RTP/RTCP
- Media Coding
- Session Description Protocol (SDP)
- SIP Protocol Operation
- Call Set-Up
- Invite
- SDP
- Media Streams/Packets
- RTP/RTCP
- Media Coding
- Content Monitoring
- Call Tear-Down
- SIP Trunking
- Uses
- Protocol and Operation
Hands-on SIP Lab
- Load and Run ClearSight Protocol Analyzer
- Call Set-Up, Media Transfer and Tear-Down
- Independent Discovery, Time Permitting
Day 4 Review
Day 5: Unified Communications and QoE
Unified Communications Overview
Inside UC Part 1: Sessions
- Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
- SIP SIMPLE
- Session Description Protocol (SDP)
- RSVP
- Call Admission Control
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- Quality of Experience (QoE)
- Location Tracking
- Presence Applications/SIP Presence Engine (SPE)
- User Location
- Session Border Controller (SBC)
Inside UC Part 2: Data
- HTTP/sHTTP
- HTML/XML
- FTP/TFTP
Inside UC Part 3: Voice
- SIP Voice
- SCCP/Cisco Skinny
- H.323
- MGCP
Inside UC Part 4: Video
- Videoconferencing Rooms
- Unified IP Phones
- Unified Video Advantage
- Multipoint/Multimedia Control Unit
- H.320 / H.323
- SCCP
- SIP
Inside UC Part 5: Rich Media Conferencing
- Integration
- SMTP
- Jabber
- Outlook
- Webex and Web Conferencing
- TelePresence
Inside UC Part 6: Security
- Privacy and Security
- Certificates and Certificate Authorities
- Encryption
- Key Management, PKI, pKI
- SIP Proxy/Secure Authentication
- HTTP Digest Authentication
- Secure Real Time Protocol
- Cisco Remote Party ID (RPID)
Quality of Experience
- QoS vs QoE and Importance of both
- Expectations
- Age/Gender of Speaker/Listener
- Speaker/Listener Familiarity
- Native Language
- Prior Experience
- Network Requirements
Factors affecting QoE
- Voice Algorithm
- Voice Compression
- Silence Suppression
- Echo Cancellation
- Tandem Hops/Multiple Encoding
Day 5 Review
Course Wrap-up: Final Words, Q/A, Evaluations