Tutorials

Monday, 13 May 09:00 – 11:00

Wireless LAN 101

Osama I. Al-Dosary

This tutorial gives an introduction to the basics of Wireless LAN. Topics covered include the main Wireless LAN standards. Additionally a discussion will be given of Wireless LAN design. Other aspects of Wireless LAN covered are Central Wireless Management, IEEE 802.11n and Wireless Mesh. Basic knowledge of networking would be helpful, but no background on wireless needed.

Where: Herbert Room

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Improve your presentations

Sandra Brás, RIPE NCC

If you give presentations, this tutorial can help take your presentations to the next level. We will show you how to make your presentations more engaging and effective by taking you through process of planning, building a story to suit your audience and delivery.

Where: Leinster Room

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Decoupling TCP from IP with Multipath TCP

Olivier Bonaventure, UCL

Multipath TCP (RFC6824) is a major TCP extension that allows a TCP connection to use several interfaces simultaneously. This tutorial will present the key features of Multipath TCP and how middleboxes have affected its design. Many of the lessons learned while designing Multipath TCP have an operational impact and will influence the evolution of the Internet protocols. The tutorial ends with an explanation of the benefits of using Multipath TCP in datacenters, on smartphones and on dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 hosts.

Where: Lansdowne & Pembroke Room