Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of this course, students will be able to 

  • Understand how the existing network protocols work
  • Know how to compare network protocols and to select suitable ones to use
  • Modify existing protocols or design new ones that fulfill certain system requirements
  • Apply the rules and styles of academic writing in producing reports, and work in a group to solve technical problems

Credits: 5

Schedule: 13.01.2022 - 24.03.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Yu Xiao, Tarik Taleb

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    This course provides a theoretical and practical basis for protocol design and analysis, and investigates dynamics of Internet protocols from application developer's perspective. The course consists of case studies, such as evolution of HTTP, comparison between MQTT and CoAP, TCP extension for multipath operations, and comparison between V2X technologies. The case studies will combine theoretical analysis with empirical evidence acquired by experimentation.  

Assessment Methods and Criteria
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Group assignments

Workload
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Lectures 20 h, individual study 40 h, group assignments 75 h

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

    9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

    11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Teaching Period:

    2020-2021 Spring III-IV

    2021-2022 Spring III-IV

    Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=ELEC-E7320

    Registration for Courses: In the academic year 2021-2022, registration for courses will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi) instead of WebOodi.

    WebOodi

  • applies in this implementation