Carleton University · SYSC 4502

Communications Software

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Communications software architectures, protocols and operating systems. Application layer protocols, APIs and socket programming. P2P algorithms, network virtualization, SDN. Reliable data transfer algorithms, FSM, MSC. Network security. Multimedia applications, RTSP, CDN, DASH, RTP, RTCP. Packet scheduling algorithms, DiffServ, IntServ, RSVP. Traffic classification, cross-layer optimization.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): ( SYSC 1006 or SYSC 2006 ) with a minimum grade of C- , and SYSC 4602 .

Conditions and arrangements

  • Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for SYSC 3522 .
  • Prerequisite(s): ( SYSC 1006 or SYSC 2006 ) with a minimum grade of C- , and SYSC 4602 .
  • Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis three hours alternate weeks.
Reference text in its original language

Communications software architectures, protocols and operating systems. Application layer protocols, APIs and socket programming. P2P algorithms, network virtualization, SDN. Reliable data transfer algorithms, FSM, MSC. Network security. Multimedia applications, RTSP, CDN, DASH, RTP, RTCP. Packet scheduling algorithms, DiffServ, IntServ, RSVP. Traffic classification, cross-layer optimization.

  • Prerequisite(s): ( SYSC 1006 or SYSC 2006 ) with a minimum grade of C- , and SYSC 4602 .
  • Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for SYSC 3522 .
  • Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis three hours alternate weeks.

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