| CODE | CCE5402 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Broadcasting and Peer-to-Peer Networks | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Communications and Computer Engineering | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit covers theoretical and practical concepts in broadcasting, overlay and peer-to-peer networks. It covers a number of protocols and architectures used to deliver data over such networks. The study-unit also covers in depth the theory and modeling of tele-traffic data and quality of service and experience. Study-unit aims: This study-units aims at providing sound understanding of modern broadcasting networks, overlay networks and peer-to-peer networks. This includes the congestion control and flooding, network design and management, and scalability and stability issues. Moreover, the study-unit aims at providing a solid understanding on quality of service and experience that communication systems have to provide. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge and Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Design single-frequency networks for broadcasting systems; - Understand the differences between peer-to-peer architectures and algorithms employed; - Design algorithms that are scalable with the network and ensure stability; - Determine the quality of service required in a communication system. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Use tele-traffic theory to determine the quality of service of a system; - Select appropriate overlay and peer-to-peer architectures and protocols; - Plan a broadcasting single-frequency network. Textbooks: • S. Tarkoma, “Overlay Networks: Toward Information Networking,” CRC Press, Auerbach Publications, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, USA, 2010, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1373-7. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Mario Cordina Carl James Debono (Co-ord.) |
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