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Faculty of Electronics, Communications and Automation | Department of Communications and Networking |
The course Protocol Design addresses protocol architectures, principles, and protocol mechanisms from a general perspective reflecting experience and lessons learned in the IETF but also elsewhere. We will discuss considerations for design decisions in the early phase of protocol development for functional and non-functional requirements, i.e., address the phase in which the nature of a protocol is being decided (and the basic decisions for its suitability are made). We will also address the aspect of "fitness" for real-world deployment and implementation considerations. While we will also briefly touch upon design and code generation tools and their use, such usage and implementation methodologies come usually into play after the basic characteristics of a protocol have been defined.
The cource will combine lectures with theoretical assignments and practical coding assignments. The latter are meant to improve familiarity with protocol operation and implementation in a few selected areas. Coding assignments are to be done in small groups of upto three students.
The course will be held by Prof. Jörg Ott.
All the lecture material and the rough course outline will also be available via the Noppa pages in the near future.
For questions concerning the course, please use the Newsgroup opinnot.sahko.s-38.tietoverkkotekniikka or send mail to
Lectures will be held: Tuesday 14 - 16
(S2) and Thursday 12 - 14 (S4).
Exercises will only be held for assignment discussions. They are scheduled for
Tuesday 16 - 18 (E110 and E111).
The lectures, exercises, and the exam will in English language.
To pass the course, all coding assignments (practical coding plus written motivation and documentation) and the theoretical assignments must be completed.
The time table below will be updated continuously as the course proceeds but the schedule nevertheless gives a rough indication of the allocation of topics to lecture slots.
Note there is NO exercise slot on Thursdays 14-16.
| Week | Tuesday 14-16 S2 | Thursday 12-14 S4 |
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| 12 (15.3. - 19.3.) |
Introduction, Administrivia
Aspects of Protocol Design |
State sharing and reliability Assignment 1 |
| 13 (22.3.-26.3.) | Scalability |
Coding for Communication Applications (C/C++ & Java)
Protocol monitoring and debugging tools |
| 14 (29.3.-2.4.) | Resource consumption and fairness | Easter holiday |
| 15 (5.4.-9.4.) | Easter holiday | Protocol syntax and encoding |
| 16 (12.4.-16.4.) | Security 1: Robustness | Security 2: Protocol design techniques |
| 17 (19.4.-23.4.) |
Designing for and living with intermediaries
End-to-middle signaling |
Naming and Addressing |
| 18 (26.4.-30.5.) | Real world aspects | Interoperability, evolvebility |
| 19 (3.5.-7.5.) |
Internet Protocol Design
12 Networking Truths |
Think different: further aspects in protocol design
Financial and Political Layer Exam hints, Q&A |
The lecture material (slides) will be available in digital format (PDF) from this web page. We will also provide pointers to various articles for further study.