Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

The module builds on knowledge of Basic Network Communication and Protocols as e.g. obtained in the courses Communication in Electronic Systems (EIT 5th Semester) or Network Technologies and Distributed Systems (ITC 5th Semester)

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• fieldbus technologies and concepts of communication
• global state protocols
• replication of systems for redundancy concerns
• application domains and their requirements, relevant Quality of Service parameters
• queuing theory, basic models
• synchronization issues
• reliability modeling, including safety, scalability, maintainability issues
• modeling tools, such as Deterministic Network Calculus
• network simulation tools (examples include ns-2/ns-3, OMNET)

Skills

• Service models for field bus and their limitation
• utilizing consistency between automates in a distributed system
• describing a loose coupled system with basic traffic pattern modeling
• home automation and similar domain areas in perspective of communication and safety
• quality of service
• protocol design

Competences

• identify requirements and select an appropriate communication architecture
• analyze and design complex networked systems with hard requirements such as providing real time guarantees
• model system behavior using analytical or simulation tools

Type of instruction

As described in the introduction to Chapter 3.

Exam

Exams

Name of exam	Distributed Real Time Systems
Type of exam	Written or oral exam
ECTS	5
Assessment	Passed/Not Passed
Type of grading	Internal examination
Criteria of assessment	As stated in Joint Programme Regulations http:/​/​www.en.tech.aau.dk/​education-programmes/​Education+and+Programmes/​