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ELEC 6861 - FALL 2017
HIGHER LAYER TELECOMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS

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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/
Office hours: Thursday: 3 pm – 5 pm

Time:
Monday, 2:45 pm – 5:30 pm

Room
 FG-B070


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 II: Background information

·         Layered protocol architectures

·         Cross layered protocol architectures

Part II: Selected application layer protocol architectures

·         Support Infrastructure for application layer: Domain Name System (DNS) and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Overlays

·         Multimedia networking

·         World Wide Web (WWW)

·          Electronic Mail (E-Mail) 

Part III: Transport layer protocols

·         TCP/UDP Basics and Socket Programming

·         Wireless  Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

·         An overview of the other transport layer protocols (e.g. Data Congestion Control Protocol – DCCP, Stream Control Transmission Protocol – SCTP, Real Time Transport Protocol – RTP)


Prerequisites


1. ELEC 6851: Introduction to Telecommunication Networks

2. A very good programming knowledge

 

Evaluation scheme

There will be two quizzes and a semester long project. The quizzes are closed book. The grading scheme is as follows.

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

·         Quiz #2: 30 % (Scheduled for week #13 – November 27)

·         Semester long project: 40% (Report and demos scheduled for Week #14)

 

 Tentative schedule and lecture notes

Weeks

TOPICS / LECTURES NOTES

EVENTS

Week #1

-          September  4

 No lecture

University closed on Monday, September 4  (Labor day)

Week #2

-          September  11 

Layered protocol architectures
Cross layered protocol architectures

-          Domain Name System (DNS)

 

Semester long project

Week #3

-          September   18

Support Infrastructure for Application Layer:

-          Peer to peer Overlays

-          World Wide Web Protocols

 

 Standard project specification available

Week #4

-          September   25

 

 

     Multimedia Sessions

 



Week #5

-          October  2

     

        On the standard project

      Advanced conferencing

 

 

Week #6

-          October 9

No lecture


Thanksgiving – University closed

Week #7

-          October 16





Quiz 1

Week # 8

-          October 23

 

Advanced conferencing

 

 

 



Week 9
 -     October  30

 

Advanced conferencing

 Electronic Mail Protocols

Week #10


-   November    6

 

The other Transport Protocols

 

 

 
 

Week 11

-          November 13 

 The other Transport Protocols

On Wireless TCP

 

 

 

Week 12


     -     November 20

 

Recent Developments in Application Layer

 




Weeks 13
      -     November 27

   

 Quiz #2

Week #14
-       December 11   -

     

Project report + demos

 

     

   

 

 

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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:

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/