Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Must have knowledge about:

• Spectrum limitations and spectral efficiency.
• Fixed and mobile/wireless broadband infrastructures.
• Short-range technologies.
• Digital broadcast networks (radio and TV).
• New network architectures, including, CDN, SDN, ICN.
• The structure of the Internet and its design principles.
• The key Internet technologies for content networking: representation, identification and transport
• Programming models and interfaces for Internet services, in particular REST, SOAP and Web Services
• The main protocols for streaming media, including session initiation and management
• Mark-up languages and AJAX technologies, e.g. XML, JSON, HTML5, and JavaScript

Skills

Must be able to:

• Explain the technical parameters, which drive the development of future networks.
• Evaluate to what extent the future mobile and fixed networks complement or substitute each other.
• Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses in the use of traditional mobile networks, wireless or broadcast networks for mobile TV/radio transmission.
• Evaluate QoS requirements for Internet applications and services.
• Understand the potentials of converged infrastructures.
• Explain the concepts of “service”, “service enablers” and “service architectures”
• Reflect on methods for "enrichment" of services: personalization, use of context, etc.
• Design services for real-time content distribution, including streaming media

Competences

Must have the competency to:

• Identify and discuss the key technologies and standards for broadband networks and the properties of networks that are essential for supporting services.
• Analyse and assess the potential and limitations of existing and future communication and service infrastructures and help develop new solutions.
• Make a qualified choice of technologies, methods, platforms and service architecture in order to realize a given service.

Type of instruction

Types of instruction are listed in § 17

Exam

Exams