Disclaimer
New for the third millenium, this is a module that lasts for one academic year. The module code is MCOM0048. It is normally studied by students on the Modular Master's Programme in Engineering and Information Sciences at the University of Hertfordshire, particularly those working towards the awards: M.Sc. in Data Communication and Networks, M.Sc. in Radio and Mobile Communication Systems, M.Sc. in Multimedia Technology, or M.Sc. in Distributed Systems and Networks.
The module team is James A. Malcolm, Nandini Alinier, Hannan Xiao, and Bob Dickerson.
Module information is available to registered students on Studynet, the university's managed learning environment.
If you arrived late and are not yet registered, you might like to know that at the first lecture I gave out the initial 'Information for Students' document. The printed handout included a separate and more detailed book list. The first lecture was about real time packet networking, and why we should want to be able to send voice over a computer network. Subsequently I gave a brief introduction to the Internet. There was an extra sheet on IP addressing and sub-nets. Although the details of subnet masks are important, the idea of scaling is even more important.
The next topic to be addressed was mobile IP, as specified in RFC3344. We then went on to consider Wireless LANs, Bluetooth, and how the mobile telephone system operates. The next topic is Multicast (including the PIM protocol) then we look at IP telephony and resource reservation in IP networks.
There are LOTS of acronyms: SIP, SAP, SDP, RTP, RTCP, RSVP, RTSP, etc
Created on 18th July 2000 by
James A. Malcolm.
Last updated on Friday 10th December 2004 by
James A. Malcolm
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