CS230{T,W}. Net-centric Computing

Prerequisites: CS222W or CS225T

Syllabus:

• Communication and networking: Network standards and standardization bodies; the ISO 7-layer reference model in general and its instantiation in TCP/IP; circuit switching and packet switching; streams and datagrams; physical layer networking concepts; data link layer concepts; Internetworking and routing; transport layer services
• The web as an example of client-server computing: Web technologies; characteristics of web servers; role of client computers; nature of the client-server relationship; web protocols; support tools for web-site creation and web management; developing Internet information servers; publishing information and applications
• Building web applications: Protocols at the application layer; principles of web engineering; database-driven web sites; remote procedure calls; lightweight distributed objects; the role of middleware; support tools; security issues in distributed object systems; enterprise-wide web-based applications
• Network management: Review of the issues of network management; issues for Internet service providers; security issues and firewalls; quality of service issues
• Compression and decompression: Review of basic data compression; audio compression and decompression; image compression and decompression; video compression and decompression; performance issues
• Multimedia data technologies: Review of multimedia technologies; multimedia standards; capacity planning and performance issues; input and output devices; MIDI keyboards, synthesizers; storage standards; multimedia servers and file systems; tools to support multimedia development
• Wireless and mobile computing: Overview of the history, evolution, and compatibility of wireless standards; the special problems of wireless and mobile computing; wireless local area networks and satellite-based networks; wireless local loops ; mobile Internet protocol; mobile aware adaption; extending the client-server model to accommodate mobility; mobile data access; the software packages to support mobile and wireless computing; the role of middleware and support tools; performance issues; emerging technologies

Units covered:

PF5	Event-driven programming	2	core hours (of 4)
NC1	Introduction to net-centric computing	2	core hours
NC2	Communication and networking	7	core hours
NC3	Network security	3	core hours
NC4	The web as an example of client-server computing	3	core hours
NC5	Building web applications	8	hours
NC6	Network management	2	hours
NC7	Compression and decompression	3	hours
NC8	Multimedia data technologies	3	hours
NC9	Wireless and mobile computing	4	hours
PL6	Object-oriented programming	2	core hours (of 10)
	Elective topics	1	hour

Notes:
[to be supplied]

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