Communications Services

Code:

EEC0048

Acronym:

SCOM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Telecommunications

Instance: 2009/2010 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://inescporto.pt/~jneves/feup/2009-2010/scom
Responsible unit:	Telecommunications
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEEC	24	Syllabus since 2007/2008	4	-	6	63	160

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course aims to introduce students to the state of the art of the available communication services in a TCP/IP infrastructure, as well as the essential support services to its operation.
It also aims to develop students’ practical skills regarding the installation, configuration and understanding the functioning of these services.

Program

Introduction to communication services and their contextualization to the previously learned concepts and technologies.

Introduction to the essential support services which are necessary to operate a TCP/IP network, such as DNS, DHCP, AAA.
Introduction to some communication services which are broadly spread and used, such as E-mail. It will be analysed e-mail functioning, as well as SPAM control and access to the Web regarding their functioning, proxies and voltage distribution.

Introduction to multimedia communication services: formats, audio and video codification and normalization; Study of IETF multimedia architecture, concepts, architectures, streaming protocols (RTP, SDP and SIP); Study of VoIP and IPTV architecture for TV and voice on the Internet. Introduction to the concepts of decentralized communication services: structured and unstructured P2P file-sharing, P2P download, audio and video streaming and P2P traffic control.

Mandatory literature

Comer, Douglas E.; Internetworking with TCP/IP. ISBN: 0-13-187671-6
Tanenbaum, Andrew S. 1944-; Computer Networks. ISBN: 0-13-038488-7
Crowcroft, Handley, Wakeman; Internetworking Multimedia, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1999. ISBN: 978-1558605848
Dinesh C. Verma; Legitimate Peer to Peer Network Applications: Beyond File and Music Swapping, Wiley, John & Sons, 2004. ISBN: 9780471463696
Sun, Huifang; Digital video transcoding for transmission and storage. ISBN: 0-8493-1694-4
Hjelm Johan; Why IPTV?, Wiley. ISBN: 978-0-470-75367-5

Complementary Bibliography

Carter, Gerald Jerry; LDAP system administration. ISBN: 978-1-565-92491-8
Albitz, Paul; DNS and BIND. ISBN: 978-0-596-10057-5

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes: presentation of the themes of the course with examples
Theoretical-practical classes: application of concepts introduced on theoretical classes by doing practical assignments

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	64,00
Study, problems solving and exam preparation	Exame	36,00
Labs and reports	Trabalho escrito	64,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Students have to do all the assignments

Calculation formula of final grade

0,4CA+0,1P+0,5E

CA- Continuous Assessment
P- Participations/Professors assessment
E- Exam

Students have to reach a minimum mark of 50% in each of the assessment components, to complete the course.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Since continuous assessment is mostly based on laboratory assignments, students have to do all the assignments, even if they have a special status.

Closed book exam

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Since continuous assessment is mostly based on laboratory assignments, students have to do all the assignments, even if they have a special status.

Classification improvement

Students can improve the mark of the continuous assessment component by doing an extra assignment at the appropriate season.

Observations

Students have to reach a minimum mark of 50% in each of the assessment components, to complete the course.