COEN 6861 - FALL 2023
HIGHER LAYER TELECOMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS

(IN-PERSON)

News

Outline

Tentative schedule and lecture notes

Academic code of conduct, student responsibilities and student resources

News

Outline

Logistics

Roch H. Glitho
Office: EV007-637, Tel: 1-514-8482424 ext. 5846, Email: Glitho@ciise.concordia.ca
URL: http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~glitho/

In-person lectures:

Time:
Monday, 2:45 pm – 5:15 pm

Room
H.423

Office hours:

TBD

Objective
The course aims at given students a good grasp of the concepts, rules and principles related to the higher layer telecommunication protocols. Higher layer protocols are defined as the protocols above the IP layer. 
Topics

Part I: Basics

· Protocol architecture basics

· Support Infrastructure for application layer

Part II: Selected application layer protocol architectures

· Multimedia networking

· World Wide Web (WWW)

· Electronic Mail (E-Mail)

Part III: Transport layer protocol

· Wireless Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

· RTP

· QUIC Transport Protocol

· SCTP

· DCCP

Prerequisites

1. ELEC 6851: Introduction to Telecommunication Networks

2. A very good programming knowledge

Evaluation scheme

· Quiz #1: 30 % (Scheduled for week #7 – October 16)

· Quiz #2: 30 % (Scheduled for week #13 – December 4)

· Semester long project: 40% (Report and demos scheduled for Week of December 18)

Tentative schedule and lecture notes

Weeks	TOPICS / LECTURES NOTES	EVENTS
Week #1	Protocol architecture basics
Week 2	Support Infrastructure for application layer
Week #3	Support Infrastructure for application layer
Week #4	World Wide Web Protocols
Week #5	World Wide Web Protocols
Week #6	Electronic Mail Protocols
Week # 7	Mid-term
Week 8  -	The Other Transport Protocols
Week #9	Video Streaming Over the Web
Week 10	Video Streaming Over the Web
Week 11	Final exam
Week 12	Project demos

Academic Code of Conduct, Student responsibilities and Student resources

Academic Code of Conduct

Academic Integrity

Any form of cheating, plagiarism, personation, falsification of a document as well as any other form of dishonest behaviour related to the obtention of academic gain or the avoidance of evaluative exercises committed by a student is an academic offence under the Academic Code of Conduct and may lead to severe penalties up to and including suspension and expulsion.

As examples only, you are not permitted to:

• Copy from anywhere without indicating where it came from
• Let another student copy your work and then submit it as his/her own
• Hand in the same assignment in more than one class
• Have unauthorized material or devices in an exam. Note that you do not have to be caught using them – just having them is an offence
• Copy from someone’s else exam
• Communicate with another student during an exam
• Add or remove pages from an examination booklet or take the booklet out of an exam room
• Acquire exam or assignment answers or questions
• Write an exam for someone else or have someone write an exam for you
• Submit false documents such as medical notes or student records
• Falsify data or research results

You are subject to the Academic Code of Conduct. Take the time to learn more at http://provost.concordia.ca/academicintegrity/

Student’s Responsibilities

· Students are expected to attend every class. Some material may only be covered in class and not made available on the course website. Students are expected to read the assigned material and to actively participate in class discussions.

· Students are expected to be respectful of other people’s opinions and to express their own views in a calm and reasonable way. Disruptive behaviour will not be tolerated.

· Students are expected to be familiar with the Code of Rights and Responsibilities: http://rights.concordia.ca

· If you cannot attend class for any reason, unforeseen or not, you are to come and talk or write to me as soon as possible.

9. Student Services

· Concordia Counselling and Development offers career services, psychological services, student learning services, etc.

http://cdev.concordia.ca

· The Concordia Library Citation and Cycle Guides: http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/citations.html

· Advocacy and Support Services:

http://supportservices.concordia.ca

· Student Transition Centre:

http://stc.concordia.ca

· New Student Program:

http://newstudent.concordia.ca

· Office for Students with Disabilities:

http://supportservices.concordia.ca/disabilities/

· The Academic Integrity Website:

http://provost.concordia.ca/academicintegrity/