Course Schedule

Week	Date	Topic	Note
1	9/15	Course introduction
	9/18	History and evolution of programmable networks
2	9/22	Software-Defined Networks (SDN)
	9/25	OpenFlow switch architecture
3	9/29	OpenFlow switch pipelines
	10/2	(No class today) for Mid-Autumn Holiday	Makeup class is needed and will be performed in the 17^th week.
4	10/6	OpenFlow protocol messages
	10/9	(No class today) for Double-Ten Holiday	Makeup class is not needed.
5	10/13	P4 switch architecture
	10/16	Why using P4 to replace OpenFlow?
6	10/20	P4 introduction
	10/23	Open vswitch & ONOS controller & Mininet & Lab 1 (Learning Bridge Protocol for OVS)
7	10/27	P4 applications, a few examples	Paper assignment out. Project out. Two students form a group to carry out a project.
	10/30	P4_14 language specification
8	11/3	P4_14 language specification	Lab 1 due
	11/6	Mid-term exam (2 hours, closed book)	Mid-term exam week (11/2 ~ 11/6)
9	11/10	P4_14 language specification
	11/13	P4_14 language specification BMv2 & P4Runtime & Lab 2 (Learning Bridge Protocol for P4 Bmv2)	A 3-page project proposal should be submitted by each project group. This proposal should specify the topic, group members, motivation, preliminary ideas for the design and implementation, and expected results of the project.
10	11/17	P4_16 language specification
	11/20	P4_16 language specification
11	11/24	P4 applications in P4 tutorials
	11/27	P4 applications in P4 tutorials
12	12/1	In-band Network Telemetry (INT) specification
	12/4	In-band Network Telemetry (INT) paper study	Lab 2 due
13	12/8	P4 applications for server load balancing (SilkRoad paper)	A 5-page project mid-term report should be submitted by each project group. This mid-term report should specify the topic, group members, motivation, current design and implementation, and current results of the project.
	12/11	P4 applications for small packet aggregation and disaggregation
14	12/15	Assigned P4 paper presentation (I) [Paper ID: 1 & 2]	Each person has 20 minutes for paper presentation and 5 minutes for Q&A.
	12/18	Assigned P4 paper presentation (II) [Paper ID: 6, 7, 8, and 9]
15	12/22	Assigned P4 paper presentation (III) [Paper ID: 11]
	12/25	Project demo & presentation [Project Group ID: 1, 2, and 4]	Each group has 30 minutes for project demo and presentation and 10 minutes for Q&A
16	12/29	No class	Final exam week (12/25 ~ 12/31)
	1/1	(No class) New Year Holiday
17	1/5	No class
	1/8	No class
18	1/12	No class
	1/15	No class	A 10-page final project report should be submitted by each project group. by today. This final project report should specify the topic, group members, motivation, final design and implementation, final results of the project, and conclusion.