Management of services and networks
Roxana Zoican
Coordinator
Overview
The main objectives of the Services and Network Management (SNM) master program are to deepen the knowledge of undergraduates in the management of networks integrating diverse technologies and offer a wide range of services, providing technical knowledge and managerial skills necessary for planning, acquiring, operating and evaluating communication networks and systems, and and cooperation with major economic actors in the IT&C sector in preparing students in this field.
In addition to individual research activities, the MSR master program provides for the training and attraction of master students in the scientific research activity of the Center for Systems, Networks and Software in Telecommunications (CCRST) of the Telecommunications Department of ETTI, through participation in European grants and projects carried out within it.
The MSR master's degree program is compatible with other master's programs in networking and services, Network Services and Systems at the KTH Royal Institute of Network Services and Systems at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden or Communication Networks & Services (COMNETS) from Telecom Sud Paris, France, a university with which the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology has exchanges and beneficial partnerships for students.
Who is it for?
The Services and Network Management master's program is open to graduates of computer and information technology, electronic engineering and telecommunications, computer science and information applied engineering sciences, electrical engineering, systems engineering, engineering and management (specialization Electrical, Electronic and Energy Engineering).
The MSR Master program is addressed to those who are or want to become managers in IT&C departments of companies or government agencies, network operators for fixed and mobile networks, service providers (voice, data, video, multimedia, content), network administrators, those who will work in centers for maintenance and monitoring services provided by manufacturers to operators or users and those in the field of standards development - management and control for services and networks.
Objectives of the program Master
The objectives of the Service and Network Management study program consist in acquiring knowledge and skills in:
- Fixed and mobile network design, operation and planning, access and transportation network planning, use of databases for management and specialized SW languages and technologies for management systems
- Methods for planning and implementation of telecommunications services, monitoring and evaluation performance, simulation for network and service evaluation
- Security management: network and service security methods and protocols; protection management and control systems
Specialized skills offered to graduates
The Service and Network Management degree program offers graduates to develop competencies in following areas:
- Conception, specification, design, design, implementation, integration, integration, operation, development of integrated systems management systems for telecommunications networks and services; multi-plane management architectures management, control, orchestration)
- Management and control in recent technologies
- Software Defined Networking
- Network Function Virtualization
- Parallel virtual networks in 5G ("slicing")
- Cloud technologies (centralized, distributed)
- Adaptive management, autonomic, artificial intelligence
- Security technologies (access, securing information, ensuring confidentiality, cryptography)
The competencies acquired in the Master's program in Network and Service Management, with application in highly topical areas (management and control for access and transportation networks, networks and services for mobile communications - WiFi, 4G, 5G, multimedia services and applications, Internet of Things, communications vehicular communications, smart cities), offers graduates numerous opportunities for building a career in this specialization.
Examples of research strands addressed
The main research directions pursued in both the dissertation and semester projects are:
- Design and use of management functions (fault detection, configuration, accounting resource utilization, performance evaluation, security)
- Management protocols
- Advanced management systems (autonomic, adaptive, artificial intelligence)
- Mobility management (terminals, services)
- Resource management methods for:
- Quality of Service (QoS) in multimedia communications
- Ensuring quality of experience (QoE) for communication services
- Service Level Agreements ("Service Level Agreement" - SLA, "Experience Level Agreement" - ELA), negotiation, establishing, monitoring fulfillment
- Transport optimization (MPLS, optical technologies)