SYLLABUS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ENGINEER COURSE (TSEC)
US Army School of Information Technology
Fort Gordon, GA
Network Management and Operation
INSTRUCTOR:
Joseph Kabara, Ph.D. (jkabara@ieee.org)
US FALCON COURSE REPRESENTATIVE:
DATES:
MR. WADE BERZETT
(wberzett@usfalcon.com)
Eight Sessions
Lecture Hours:
Office Hours:
One Review Session
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Final Exam Session
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
LOCATION: Room – TBA, Fort Gordon, GA
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The course discusses network management. It is composed of five major
topics: network utilization and delay, structure of management information,
protocol(s) for transporting information, sampling of data, and construction of
network management channels. Extensive in-class examples are used to
reinforce concepts.
TEXTBOOKS:
1.
Clemm, Alexander, Network Management Fundamentals, Cisco
Press, 2007.
REFERENCES:
1.
Roger L Freeman, Telecommunications Transmission Handbook,
4th Ed, Wiley – IEEE, 1998.
2.
www.iana.org
3. www.ietf.org
4. www.ieee.org.
GRADING:
Homework Assignments
Final Exam
Total
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30%
70%
100%
Homework assignments are used to reinforce concepts discussed in class.
One homework problem will be given, as appropriate, as a quiz to help
students recognize their class standing.
Homework solutions will be distributed to students.
Final Exam is closed book/closed notes: A single 8½x11 formula sheet will
be allowed: handwritten, no photocopies.
According to TSEC policy, a passing grade is 70% of final exam in addition
to a 70% course average.
PLAGIARISM:
Academic honesty is expected of all students. Refer to TSEC Management
SOP paragraph 21.
COURSE TOPICS:
Module 1:
Network Management Model(s)
Readings:
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Module 2:
Topics
o Definition
o FCAPS Model
o Standardization Organizations
o Network Management protocols beyond SNMP
Network Utilization and Delay
Readings:
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Clem, 5
Lecture Slides
Clem, 6
Topics
o Review of Network Protocols from Netman perspective
o Times
o Packet and Frame formats
o Netman questions
 Channel capacity requirements
 Delay calculation
Module 3: Network Utilization and Delay and Structure of Management
Information
Assignment: #1 due
Readings:

Clem 8 (pgs 249-257)
Lecture Slides
Topics
o Netman questions continued
o Management Information Concepts
o Structuring Management Information for ease of access
o Model for organizing Management Information
o Standards for the structure
Module 4: Transport of Management Information (SNMP), Using protocols
for management activities and Sampling of Data
Readings:
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Module 5:
Clem 2, 7
Lecture Slides
Topics
o SNMP Protocol
o Frame format
o Field Coding
o Sampling Concepts
o FCAPS
o SNMP operations to implement FCAPS
o MIB variables to implement FCAPS
SNMP v2 and V3
Assignment: #2 due
Readings:
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Module 6:
Topics
o Continued FCAPS
 SNMP operations to implement FCAPS
 MIB variables to implement FCAPS
o V2 Extensions
o V3 Security
o AAA operations
o Proxies
Remote Monitoring
Readings:
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Clem 8, pgs 258-260
Lecture Notes
Topics
Notes
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Module 7:
Data Collection
Statistics Calculations
Remote Probes
MIB Extensions
Network Management Channels and Security
Assignment: #3 due
Readings:
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Module 8:
Clem pgs 307-308
Lecture Notes
Topics
o In-band and Out-of-band signalling
o VLANs for management
o MPLS
 concepts
 packet forwarding
 Labels
 Traffic Engineering
o MPLS Virtual Private LAN Service
Other Network Management tools
Assignment: #4 due
Readings:
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Clem 8, pgs 267-291
Lecture Notes
Topics
o NetFlow
o Call Based Records
o Network Address Translation
o Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
o Domain Name Service
o Trivial File Transfer
Module 09: Structured Review