Understand DPDK architecture and how it enables high-performance packet processing in user space.

Learn how NICs work, including RX/TX queues, descriptor rings, DMA, and Poll Mode Drivers (PMDs).

Configure DPDK environments, hugepages, logical cores, memory pools, and packet buffers using C

Implement packet reception, parsing, processing, and transmission using DPDK APIs.

Build and test a DPDK-powered software network device, and learn the fundamentals of multicore packet processing and performance optimization.

Basic knowledge of computer networking concepts, including Ethernet, IP addresses, and packet forwarding.

Familiarity with C programming, including pointers, structures, memory management, and bitwise operations.

Basic understanding of Linux commands, shell usage, and compiling C programs using GCC.

A Linux development environment, preferably Ubuntu, with permission to install packages and configure system resources.

No prior DPDK experience is required. Knowledge of NIC hardware, DMA, hugepages, and packet-processing internals is helpful but will be taught as part of the course.

Networking Engineers who want to understand how high-performance software routers and network appliances process packets using DPDK.

C/C++ Systems Programmers interested in low-level programming, memory management, NIC queues, DMA, and high-performance packet processing.

Network Software Developers working with routing protocols, switching, packet forwarding, or data-plane development who want hands-on experience building a DPDK-powered network device.

Computer Science and Electronics Students who want practical exposure to network device internals, operating systems, computer networks, and hardware–software interaction.

Linux and Infrastructure Engineers who want to explore user-space networking, Poll Mode Drivers (PMDs), multicore packet processing, and performance optimization for network-intensive applications.