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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.
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 be held: Thursday 14 - 16
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 that the exercise slot on Thursdays will also be used for lectures.
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.