INSE 7110 - WINTER 2012
Value Added Service Engineering in Next Generation Networks

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Outline

Tentative schedule and lecture notes

Academic code of conduct, student responsibilities and student resources

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Outline

Logistics

Instructor
Roch H. Glitho
Office: EV006-227, Tel: 1-514-8482424 ext. 5846, Email: Glitho@ciise.concordia.ca
URL: http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~glitho/
Office hours: Friday, 15h00 – 17h00

Time:
Friday, 17h45 - 20h15

Room
H.437

Objective
The course aims at given students a good grasp of the concepts, rules and principles for applications and services engineering services in Next Generation Networks.  

Topics

This course is an extensively revised version of the course given in 2010.  It now includes recent developments such as applications and services engineering in 4G and challenged networks (e.g. Mobile ad hoc networks and wireless sensor networks)

Part I: Next Generation Networks Basics

· Next Generation Network Vision

· 3G Networks and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)

· LTE and Evolved Packet Core (EPC)

· Challenged Networks (e.g. mobile ad hoc networks and wireless sensor networks )

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Part II: Selected applications and services engineering technologies

· Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and SIP servlets

· RESTFul Web services

· SOAP Based Web Services

Part III: Applications and Services Engineering Use Cases

· Advanced conferencing applications and services

· Presence Applications and Services

· Applications and Services in Integrated Next Generation Networks / Challenged Networks

Prerequisites
ELEC 6861: Higher Layer Telecommunication Protocols

References

Part I

· C-S and D. Knight, Realization of the Next Generation Network, IEEE Communications Magazine, October 2005, Vol. 43, No. 10

· K. Knightson et al., NGN Architecture: General Principles, Functional Architecture, and Implementation, IEEE Communications Magazine, October 2005, Vol. 43, No. 10

· K. Bogineni et al (editors)., LTE Part I: Core Networks, IEEE Communications Magazine, February 2009

· M Olsson et al, SAE and the Evolved Packet Core, Wiley 2009

· S Basagni et al. (editors), Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Wiley, 2004

· I Akyldiz, and al., Wireless Sensor Networks: A Survey, Elsevier Computer Networks, 2002

Part II

• H. Schulzrinne, an J. Rosenberg, SIP: Internet Centric Signaling, IEEE Communications Magazine, October 2000

• F. Belqasmi, C. Fu, R. Glitho, RESTFul Web Services for Services Provisioning in Next Generation Networks, IEEE Communications Magazine, December 2011

• A D. Lea and S. Vinoski, Middleware for Web services, IEEE Internet Computing, Special Issue, January/February 2003, Vol. 7, No1 ACM Queue, Building Web services, Vol. 1, No 1, March 2003

Part III

· F. Belqasmi, C. Fu, M. Al Rubaye and R. Glitho, Design and Implementation of Advanced Multimedia Conferencing Applications in the 3GPP IP Multimedia Subsystem, IEEE Communications Magazine, November 2009

· C. Fu, F. Belqasmi and R. Glitho, RESTful Web Services for Bridging Presence Service across Technologies and Domains, IEEE Communications Magazine, December 2010

· M. El Barachi, A. Kadiwal, R. Glitho, F. Khendek, R. Dssouli, The Design and Implementation of Architectural Components for the Integration of IP Multimedia Subsystem and Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Communications Magazine, April 2010

· H. Rucheng, F Belqasmi, R Glitho and F Khendek, The Design and Implementation of Architectural Components for the Integration of IP Multimedia Subsystem and Wireless Actuators, IEEE Communications Magazine, December 2011

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)

· Quiz #2: 30% (Scheduled for week #12)

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

Tentative schedule and lecture notes

Weeks	TOPICS / LECTURES NOTES	EVENTS
Week #1 January 6	From circuit switched telephony to Next Generation Networks
Week #2 January 13	3G Networks and IP Multimedia Subsystem(IMS) 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC)
Week #3 January 20	· 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Evolved Packet Core (EPC) · Mobile Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless Sensor Networks
Week #4 January 27	Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for Value Added Services in NGNs	Project Preview
Week #5 February 3	· SIP for VAS in NGN (Cont.) RESTful Web services for Value Added Services in NGNs
Week #6 February 10	SOAP Based Web Services for Value Added Services in NGNs
Week #7 February 17	Quiz #1
Week 8 February 24	Mid-term break
Week 9  March 2	Advanced conferencing
Week #10 March 9	Advanced conferencing Tool kits for the project Comments on Quiz#1
Week 11 March 16	Presence applications and services
Week 12 March 23	Quiz 2
Weeks 13 March 30	Project report and 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/